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Hi all,
As the new academic season starts, we at twistntales are back to service you with your book needs. May seems such an ideal time to take a break, but by middle of June, we are itching to go!
We are back with a long reading list for you with a plethora of wonderful books to suit every taste, and we do hope you make the trip to twistntales …. It all seems so convenient to click on the mouse ;-)
This year we have planned to bring you some exciting offerings, and as a starter, we are introducing “used and rare” books in twistntales. We hope that you can find some real treasures on our racks. Do drop in and check them out. For those of you who would like to part with your used books, check our blog (www.twistntales.blogspot.com) for details, or call me (Janaki) at +919960639162.
Now for new books:
Management:
“Adapt: Why Success Always Starts With Failure” by Tim Harford @ Rs.499/- (Pgs 309)
Why is learning from mistakes hard? In this impressive, very readable book author Tim Harford tells you just why Adapt debunks the command and control style of planning and vindicates the trial and error approach with apt examples and inspiring arguments! The book tells us why we need to embrace risk, accept failure and experiment positively- pushing one to be a go-getter! A must read for corporate and entrepreneurs alike, the book is open to anybody trying to make sense of this increasingly complex world which we inhibit!
“Lie spotting: Proven Techniques to Detect Deception” by Pamela Meyer @ Rs.399/- (Pgs 236)
Folks, the ‘moment of truth’ is here! Do you know that there are ten questions out there that will get people to tell you anything? What a wonderful opportunity to bully, right? Lie spotting will tell you about the most dangerous facial expressions to watch out for in business and personal relationships and give you valuable insights on secret deception techniques previously known only to a handful of scientists, interrogators and intelligence specialists! It will educate you about the secret language of communication, gestures, words and emotions making you smart, smarter, smartest!
Indian Writing:
“The Dhamma Man” by Vilas Sarang @ Rs. 250/- (Pgs 171)
Countless books have been written on the subject of the Buddha, isn’t it? Here’s a beautiful biographical novel –sensitive, richly imagined and blended to perfection! Vilas Sarang takes us back to the initial beginnings –His birth under the Sal tree, his childhood and portrays his role as son, husband and father, in a delicate and skillful fashion of an instinctive narrator! Remarkable writing! Be ‘Enlightened’!
“The Prince and the Sannyasi” by Partha Chatterjee @ Rs.395/- (Pgs 650)
The story of the Kumar of Bhawal and the secret history of Indian nationalism is a book like no other that you may have read in recent times. The ‘Bhawal Sannyasi Case’ may have been long closed but Partha Chatterjee attempts to refresh our memory by this first attempt at academic history to deal with the case. The subject is a sensational trial of the 1930s and 1940s of an event of 1909, set against British India vis-à-vis a landed family of East Bengal. The book is a fabulous narrative woven around a real life story in which the truth turns out to be undecidable. When a Sannyasi returns to his kingdom to stake his claim as the long given up dead prince, the legal battle that ensures with witnesses and cross examination on both sides, what emerges is a fascinating battle of narrative history. The book also carries accounts of several women who played roles quite different from those depicted in the judicial discourse back in 1946 which gives the story its essential, alternate perspective! Don’t miss this book. Partha Chatterjee is a true worthy heir to the likes of Amitav Ghosh.
The Inspector Ghote Series
This series is a Bombay based mystery of an incredible Inspector- ‘Ghote Saab”! The adventures of this perfectly lovable ‘Inspector Ghote’ will leave you amused and wanting more! H.R.F Keating authored this series a hundred years back even without visiting India, although the book never once reveals this remarkable secret! Written exceptionally! It’s the Best, Read it!
Titles in this Series all @ Rs. 299/-
“The Perfect Murder”
“Inspector Ghote Breaks an Egg”
“Inspector Ghote Trusts the Heart”
Science
“Bad Ideas? An Arresting History of our Invention” by Robert Winston @ Rs.425/- (pgs 558)
Humans are born with an instinct to create and invent. But have our creations always produced desirable results? ‘Bad ideas’ is a thematic history of human inventiveness and an account of its positive and negative aspects. It over analyses, criticizes, portrays, and deliberates about the ‘ideas and inventions’ across history, concluding on a suggestion- giving, hopeful note! The conversational tone of the book makes a difficult subject quite appealing. Not a bad idea to read this book :)
“The Information: a History, a Theory, a Flood” by James Gleick @ Rs.599/- (Pgs 526)
Although we live in an information age, how many of us actually know what information really is? And hence Gifted Science writer Gleick’s book is a wide-ranging, deeply researched and delightfully engaging history of how we have come to occupy a world defined in bits and bytes. ‘Information has always been our medium’ says Gleick going forward to explain how we’ve progressed from seeing information as the expression of human thought and emotion to looking at it as a commodity that can be processed, like wheat or plutonium. It’s a long, complicated, and important story, beginning with tribal drummers and ending with quantum physics, and in Gleick’s hands it’s sure to be a mesmerizing one!
Coffee Table:
“Bhanu Rajopadhye Athaiya: The Art of costume design” @ Rs.2500/- (pgs 188)
What is common between Guru Dutt`s `Pyaasa`, Richard Attenborough`s `Gandhi` and Ahutosh Gowariker`s `Swades`? The answer is costume designer Bhanu Athaiya! Here is brilliant work on the pioneering vision of a person who shaped the landmarks of Indian film costumes, set the fashion trend of the 1960s and 70s and won Indian cinema the highest acclaim in the international arena! The first Indian to win an Oscar in 1982 for her work in Lord Richard Attenborough’s ‘Gandhi’; Athaiya rests in our hearts as a distinctive classicist!
“First Life: A Journey Back in Time” by David Attenborough @ Rs. 1250/- (pgs 283)
In fifty years of broadcasting Sir David Attenborough has travelled the globe to document the living world in all its wonder. Now in the landmark series First Life, he goes back in time in search of the very first animals! This book is all that and more. It is enriched with stunning photography, state of the world visual effects and captivates the charm of the world’s favourite Naturalist! A treasured keep!
“The Backyard Astronomer’s Guide” by Terence Dickinson and Alan Dyer @ Rs.1295/- (pgs 336)
Are you a budding astronomer or an amateur sky-gazer? Here’s the book you ought to keep handy! In its expanded, fully revised and updated version this book will be happy to help you in your super adventurous sky journeys! With fascinating images, information about latest equipment and modern sky gazing techniques, this book is an indispensable guide to making you an expert!
Young Adults
“Taranauts: The Race for the Glo Rubies (Book 4)” by Roopa Pai @ Rs.145/- (Pgs 120)
Yes kids! They’re back- the fun taranauts in their super creative cum awesome world! After successfully saving Mithiya’s three worlds Shyn, Lustr, and Sparkl they’re at Glo now! Join these bright and brave kids with special powers in their incredibly crazy adventures to bring back the stolen rubies from planet Glo! How successful will they be? Come, dig the fantasy ride! Taranauts book 1: The Quest for the Shyn Emeralds was shortlisted for the Children’s Book Award 2009!
“Annexed: The Incredible story of the boy who loved Anne Frank” by Sharon Dogar @ Rs.299/- (pgs 329)
Remember Peter from Anne Frank’s famous diary? Yes, Peter van Pels -the very same who was compelled to live in hiding with the Franks. So this is Peter’s account of the dark days of the holocaust, experiences of living with Anne and her family and his shocking tale of falling in love with the girl he once hated! So here’s Peter’s Diary- brave, touching and richly imagined! Annexed: The Incredible story of the boy who loved Anne Frank was short listed for the 2010 Costa Children’s Book Award.
“Uncle Pai’s Favourite 50” by Anant Pai @ Rs. 2000/-
Here’s an everlasting treat for all the Amar Chitra Katha (ACK) fans from the ‘going to be missed dearly’ Uncle Pai! Fifty of Uncle Pai’s favourite ACK’s have been put together for us to delight in! This collection also contains a letter specially signed by Uncle Pai! Rush, rush before it goes by!
“Amar Chitra Katha’s for Junior’s” @ Rs.70/- each.
From the ocean of Indian stories, a selection of the wisest and wittiest tales for children- here they are: Junior ACK’s! With coloured pictures, larger font and simpler language, there’s something to learn on every page in these mini sized classics!
Titles so far in this Series:
Krishna Lifts Govardhana
Drona and the Ball Game
Hanuman is Hungry
Krishna and the Yamalaarjuna Trees
Rama and the Squirrel
“Limca Book of Records 2011: Sports Achievers Special” @ Rs.400/-
It’s here! It’s here! The Book of the all ultimate, mind-blowing Indian records! Packed with a variety of the latest, incredible achievements, interview excerpts and amazing pictures this book is surely going to leave you proud to be an Indian! Get ready to be amazed!
“Justin Bieber: Our World” by Millie Rowlands @ Rs.350/- (pgs 45)
Yes, yes- the teenage sensation/heart-throb is here having all our eyeballs popping! To discover how this teenager made fancy headlines by pursuing his dream and trusting his instincts, come grab this cool book!
(This book contains a really, really large and Exclusive poster of Justin!)
Others
“The Poetry of Birds” edited by Simon Armitage and Tim Dee @ Rs. 399/-(Poetry)
Here is a rich, powerful collection of verses on the subject of our feathered companions- birds! The poetry here is inspiring, refreshing and truly life- affirming. Little footnotes bearing some interesting characteristics or peculiarities about the bird under conversation, makes this little book informative and a pleasant read! Most of the poems in this book were written without the aid of Binoculars! Cheers, to the commonplace yet mysterious creatures we share this world with and the poetry they have inspired!
“Chutnefying English: The Phenomenon of Hinglish” Edited by Rita Kothari and Rupert Snell @ Rs.299/- (Pgs 235)
Ek chance milega? Aaj middle east mein peace ho gayi. Cutting chai. Remember the“Pink Chaddi” campaign?
Let’s welcome the cool and happening phenomenon of “Hinglish!” – All set to become a major language in the near future! This book, a creation of the deliberations of leading scholars from literature, language, cultural studies, translation, cinema and new media is a collection of essays, case studies and arguments, analyzing the use of Hindi in English! Or is it English used in Hindi? Read this fun, wow book to find out!
New Arrivals
“Make Yourself Unforgettable: How to Become the Person Everyone Remembers and No One Can Resist” by Dale Carnegie @ Rs.470/- (Pgs 224)
“Stand And Deliver: How to Become a Masterful Communicator and Public Speaker” by Dale Carnegie @ Rs.470/- (Pgs 240)
“The Throne of Fire” by Rick Riordan @ Rs.399/- (pgs 451)
“Time Management Secrets” by Martin Manser @ Rs.150/- (pgs 128)
“Manik-Da: Memories of Satyajit Ray” by Nemai Ghosh @ Rs.199/- (pgs 107)
“1857: The Real Story of the Great Uprising” by Vishnu Bhatt and Godshe Versaikar @ Rs.250/- (pgs 208)
“First Day First Show: Writings from the Bollywood Trenches” by Anupama Chopra @ Rs.499/- (pgs 376)
“Crazy Times with Uncle Ken” by Ruskin Bond @ Rs.175/- (pgs 158)
“The 10 Rules of Sam Walton” by Michael Bergdahl @ Rs.495/- (pgs 259)
“Skin Deep: An Inside Out Approach to Looking Good Naturally!” by Aparna Santhanam @ Rs.199/- (pgs 240)
“Poems Come Home” by Sukrita (Translated by Gulzar) @ Rs.299/- (pgs 120)
“The Business of Cricket: The Story of Sports Marketing in India” by Shyam Balasubramanian and Vijay Santhanam @ Rs.299/- (pgs 193)
“The In-tolerant Indian: Why we Must Rediscover a Liberal Space” by Gautam Adhikari @ Rs.399/- (pgs 228)
“The Corner Office: How Top Ceo’s Made it and How you Can Too” by Adam Bryant @ Rs.399/- (pgs 249)
“Poor Economics: Rethinking Poverty and the Ways to End it” by Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo @ Rs.499/- (pgs 303)
“A Poet’s Mind: Selected Quotations” by Rabindranath Tagore @ Rs.99/- (pgs 186)
“Easy Adventure Holidays” by Outlook Traveller @ Rs.95/- (pgs 159)
“Priya: An Incredible Indyaa” by Namita Gokhale @ Rs.350/- (pgs 195)
“Reinventing India” by Raghunath Mashelkar @ Rs.499/- (pgs 403)
“Vintage Guns of India” by S.K. Chatterji @ Rs.1500/- (pgs 196)
Happy Reading, hope to see you at the Store,
From the team at,
twistntales
Monday, June 13, 2011
Used/ Second hand books !
0Used / Rare Books
Twistntales is glad to introduce sale of second hand/ used books as well in the Store at Aundh. Used books are purchased from various sources, one of them being our own esteemed set of customers.
If you wish to sell your used books to twistntales, please keep in mind the following:
1. Selection of books will be the sole prerogative of twistntales.
2. Books will be bought at the price assessed by twistntales. The decision will be final, no claims or negotiations will be entertained. Books once sold will not be returned to original seller.
3. Books to be sold can be dropped off on the 1st/2nd Wed/ Thurs of every month. Kindly make 2 copies of the list of books that you are dropping off and keep a twistntales acknowledged copy with you.
4. Books not selected for purchase can be picked up the following Wed/ Thurs.
5. A credit note will be issued for the value payable for the books. No cash will be paid.
6. The credit note can be redeemed for purchases in twistntales within a period of 3 months.
7. The credit note will be a bearer document.
Some guidelines/ suggestions
1. Text books/ course books/ technical books/ books for various entrance exams will not be accepted for selection.
2. No pirated books please.
3. Books have to be in good condition.
4. Books in English, Hindi, Marathi and some regional languages will be accepted for selection.
5. No magazines please unless they are collector’s issues of National Geographics, Scientific American etc.
We hope to see you at the Store with a huge pile of books to offload!
Twistntales is glad to introduce sale of second hand/ used books as well in the Store at Aundh. Used books are purchased from various sources, one of them being our own esteemed set of customers.
If you wish to sell your used books to twistntales, please keep in mind the following:
1. Selection of books will be the sole prerogative of twistntales.
2. Books will be bought at the price assessed by twistntales. The decision will be final, no claims or negotiations will be entertained. Books once sold will not be returned to original seller.
3. Books to be sold can be dropped off on the 1st/2nd Wed/ Thurs of every month. Kindly make 2 copies of the list of books that you are dropping off and keep a twistntales acknowledged copy with you.
4. Books not selected for purchase can be picked up the following Wed/ Thurs.
5. A credit note will be issued for the value payable for the books. No cash will be paid.
6. The credit note can be redeemed for purchases in twistntales within a period of 3 months.
7. The credit note will be a bearer document.
Some guidelines/ suggestions
1. Text books/ course books/ technical books/ books for various entrance exams will not be accepted for selection.
2. No pirated books please.
3. Books have to be in good condition.
4. Books in English, Hindi, Marathi and some regional languages will be accepted for selection.
5. No magazines please unless they are collector’s issues of National Geographics, Scientific American etc.
We hope to see you at the Store with a huge pile of books to offload!
Thursday, May 19, 2011
My wish when I see a shooting star...
is for a bookstore under the canopy of a large, green tree
is for a Janaki who can help satiate any booklover's desperate hunger
is for a warm, cosy, orange, welcoming corner come rain or shine
is for a twistntales wherever I go.
is for a Janaki who can help satiate any booklover's desperate hunger
is for a warm, cosy, orange, welcoming corner come rain or shine
is for a twistntales wherever I go.
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Mail sent to twistntales yahoogroup members today !
Hi all,
Thank you all so much for your greetings, mails, sms es and your heartfelt wishes for our Ninth anniversary. While we have tried to acknowledge each one of you personally, we may have missed a few… thank you again from the bottom of our hearts. You are the sole reason for our existence, simply no exaggeration here !
As we begin our 10th year of operations, we hope we can continue to bring joy to your reading, get to know you and your family better and fine tune our work processes to service you better. Our emphasis this year will be to use technology to give you a more personalized service.
For the schools, colleges and other library institutions we service, we hope to cut down our response time, give you advance intimation of forthcoming books, so that you can plan your budgeting and purchasing in a more efficient manner.
While we have a few new faces in the team, and some familiar faces move on, rest assured, we at twistntales know almost each one of you and our work practices are designed to ensure that consistency in service quality is maintained (yes, we do whisper the sacred Gayatri Mantra to all new initiates!)
Kshitija who has been our mainstay for the last few years, finished with us this month, and is happily awaiting the birth of her first child. Kshitija worked with us for three and a half years, and her absence is truly going to be felt in the team. A heart felt thanks goes out to her from the team and we wish her all the best for the future. While many of you have met Lijya (who joined us in Oct’10) and Priyanka (Feb’11), a few additional happy folks will join us in June, and we hope to rebuild a new team to take us towards our 10th birthday celebrations.
Going forward in May, we plan to keep twistntales closed in the afternoon hours, as the heat is taking a toll on both our “walk-ins” and our electricity bills! From June 1st, we will be back to normal working hours to 1030 to 2030.
A lot of new exciting books have been released in April, and we have tried to give you a few reviews. Very many exciting books are scheduled to be launched in the next few months, chief among them being, Amitav Ghosh’s sequel to Sea Of Poppies. Be with us on this exciting journey over the next few months.
List of new books:
“Beyond the Invisible Hand: Groundwork for a New Economics” by Kaushik Basu @ Rs.399/- (pgs 273) (Socio Eco)
Kaushik Basu, Economist par excellence, has written a wonderful book that will appeal to both to the professional economist, and the uninitiated. Beyond the Invisible Hand, shows us a new way forward. Free Market economics has provided us a positive surge in growth and employment opportunities, but has not been a panacea for all ailments. Contemporary Capitalism v/s Development Economics is the argument here. An excellently researched book by India’s leading economist, Kaushik Basu enlightens us on the rampant use of the free market policy which has affected the way we craft policy and engage in globalization. A read not only for economists and aspiring students of this social science but for anybody who likes to read and think!
“No Alphabet in Sight: New Dalit Writing from S.India” @ Rs.599/- (pgs 643) - Socio Eco
This rich and intense collection of translated stories by Tamil and Malayalam intellectuals from the greats of Abhimani, K.A.Gunasekaran (Tamil) to Raghavan Atholi, Sunny Kavikad (Malyalam) is undoubtedly thought provoking! The powerful subject of the book- Dalit literature is brought out beautifully by the thoughtful use of colloquial language giving this book that much required unique southerly flavour! It’s the first of the two volumes, so pick up and read before the next ones out!
“Niche: Why the Market No Longer favours the mainstream” by James Harkin @ Rs.595/- (pgs 250) – Business
From “Positioning” to “Focus” to “Niche” – the markets tell us only one thing, if we care to listen. Stay focused, stay in a Niche, that’s the way the future goes. From the all-in ones, Woolworths style of functioning to a narrow area of expertise and cultivating passionate audiences around them, the twistntales way is the wave of the future! Read it to know more!
Inspiration:
“Across Many Mountains: Three Daughters of Tibet” by Yangzom Brauen @ Rs.499/- (pgs 324) - Memoirs
Born in 1980 to a Swiss father and Tibetan mother, Yangzom Brauen is an actress and political activist. This is the story of her grandmother, who as one of Tibet’s youngest nuns escaped prosecution during the Chinese invasion of 1950, and made the long tedious journey to India on foot like so many other refugees. The journey and after – in the various refugee camps in India, the arrival of Martin Brauen, who rescued both her and her daughter and took them to Switzerland, where Yangzom was born. The story makes remarkable reading, covering the geo-political scenario of the Region and the human angle to it, makes it truly inspirational.
“A Masterful Spirit: Homi J Bhabha” by Indira Chowdhury and Ananya Dasgupta @ Rs.1299/- (pgs 258) - Personalities
An inspirational account of one of India’s greatest Institution builder. Scientist, artist and Renaissance man. Recreated with the help of anecdotes, letters, incidents recounted by close friends, colleagues and family, this biography recreates the spirit of the times. The making of TIFR, the Atomic Energy Establishment – later renamed as Bhabha Atomic Research Centre. (in 1966, after his tragic demise in an aircrash), the social, political scene then prevalent all weave together beautifully to create this life for many of us, who have only studied this only in history textbooks Yes, such special people did live in India!
“Mindful Eating, Mindful Life: Savour Every Moment and Every Bite” by Thich Nhat Hanh (with Dr. Lilian Cheung) @ Rs.299/- (pgs 292) – Health
Move over Rutuja Diwekar (Don’t lose your mind, lose your weight), the Guru is here. Thich Nhat Hanh brings mindfulness to our eating habits. Savouring every bite and staying in the awareness of the present moment shows us a mirror to our present habits. Focusing on the roots of these habits, we can develop a guide to transform our actions, and look forward to live a life of abundance. Packed with practical tools and a nutritional guide, this is the book for transformation if you are looking at weight-loss and a healthy body.
“I Want to Live: The Story of Madhubala” by Khatija Akbar @ Rs.399/-
The Queen of Beauty- we have for you the charming Madhubala! It’s the very first biography- truly comprehensive, authentic and captivating! (Includes a Free Vcd of Madhubala’s hit songs!) Indulge into blissfulness and relive the 50’s magic!
“K.L.Saigal: The Definitive Biography” by Pran Nevile @ Rs.299/- (pgs 218)
Firstly, Applause: A Tribute to the First singer superstar of Indian cinema! Did you know that with no formal training K.L.Saigal revolutionized the music industry with 185 of his classic records? All by just trusting his instincts! It undoubtedly takes something beyond the ordinary. This biography will unleash before you the life, music, movies and photographs of this doomed lover (from Devdas) to perfection!
Fiction
“Pigeon English” by Stephen Kelman @ Rs.499/- (pgs 263)
A boy is knifed to death on the street. And an appeal for witnesses by the police draws only silence. That is when young Harrison Opoku, a boy who has newly arrived in England from Ghana decides to investigate the murder himself endangering his mother’s fragile web of protection for family safety! Absorbing the many strange elements of a new city and fascinated by the pigeon who visits his balcony, this story is enthralling for adults and young adults alike!
“Under a Monsoon Cloud: An Inspector Ghote Mystery” by H.R.F Keating” @ Rs.299/- (pgs 238)
Is there a Sherlock Holmes for India? Yes! Presenting Inspector Ganesh Ghote from the Bombay C.I.D --solver of mysteries and agent for seeking justice! This mystery-fiction series is a delight to read with just the right amount of creepiness, suspense and tit bits of comic! H.R.Keating has authored the first nine Inspector Ghote mysteries capturing the whole intriguing world of Bombay even before visiting India with exceptional authenticity! Now that’s true brilliance- a tribute to his ability as a novelist!
“Nothing to Declare” by Rabi Thapa @ Rs.199/- (pgs 172)
This debut by Rabi Thapa is engrossing! A collection of sixteen short stories, this book has been crafted excellently throwing light on the scenes of Kathmandu’s conventional settings! While “initiation” talks about the family’s traditional ritual of initiating a young boy into manhood, Nothing to Declare tells about phoren moved Nepalese and their changing attitudes and habits. A thorough mix of a variety of subjects! An Interesting read!
“Pythogoras” by Kitty Ferguson @ Rs.499/-
“The Cousins” by Prema Raghunath @ Rs.325/-
“The Wandering Falcon” by Jamil Ahmad @ Rs.399/-
“From the Brink of Bankruptcy: the DCM Story” by Vinay Bharat- Ram @ Rs.499/-
“The Poetry of Birds” edited by Simon Armitage and Tim Dee @ Rs.399/-
“The Information” by James Gleick @ Rs.599/-
“How to Think like a Bat and 34 other really interesting uses of philosophy” by Peter Cave @ Rs.399/-
“How to be Compassionate: A Handbook for Creating inner Peace and a Happier World” by His Holiness the Dalai Lama” @ Rs.399/-
“R.D. Burman: The Man, the Music” @ Rs.399/-
“9th Judgement” by James Patterson @ Rs.299/-
“The Gatecrasher” by Sophie Kinsella writing as Madeleine Wickham @ Rs.399/-
“Playing with Fire: Tales of an Extra Ordinary Girl” by Gena Showalter @ Rs.299/-
“The Pregnant Widow” by Martin Amis @ Rs.325/-
“Switch: How to change things when change is hard” by Chip & Dan Heath” @ Rs.399/-
“Bad Ideas? An Arresting History of our Invention” by Robert Winston @ Rs.425/-
“Vengeance of Ravana: Book Seven of the Ramayana” by Ashok K Banker @ Rs.299/-
“Annexed: The Incredible story of the boy who loved Anne Frank” by Sharon Dogar @ Rs.299/-
“The Ascent of Man” by Jacob Bronowski @ Rs.450/-
“Goddess of the Rose: A Goddess Summoning Novel” by P.C.Cast @ Rs.350/-
“Good Business: Leadership, flow and the making of meaning” by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi @ Rs.395/-
“The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party” by Alexander McCall Smith @ Rs.595/-
“How to Destroy the Universe and 34 Other Really Interesting Uses of Physics” by Paul Parsons @ Rs.399/-
“Justin Bieber: Our World” by Millie Rowlands @ Rs.350/-
“The Limca Book of Records: Sports Achievers Special” @ Rs.400/-
Happy Reading and see you at the Store,
From the happy team at
twistntales
Thank you all so much for your greetings, mails, sms es and your heartfelt wishes for our Ninth anniversary. While we have tried to acknowledge each one of you personally, we may have missed a few… thank you again from the bottom of our hearts. You are the sole reason for our existence, simply no exaggeration here !
As we begin our 10th year of operations, we hope we can continue to bring joy to your reading, get to know you and your family better and fine tune our work processes to service you better. Our emphasis this year will be to use technology to give you a more personalized service.
For the schools, colleges and other library institutions we service, we hope to cut down our response time, give you advance intimation of forthcoming books, so that you can plan your budgeting and purchasing in a more efficient manner.
While we have a few new faces in the team, and some familiar faces move on, rest assured, we at twistntales know almost each one of you and our work practices are designed to ensure that consistency in service quality is maintained (yes, we do whisper the sacred Gayatri Mantra to all new initiates!)
Kshitija who has been our mainstay for the last few years, finished with us this month, and is happily awaiting the birth of her first child. Kshitija worked with us for three and a half years, and her absence is truly going to be felt in the team. A heart felt thanks goes out to her from the team and we wish her all the best for the future. While many of you have met Lijya (who joined us in Oct’10) and Priyanka (Feb’11), a few additional happy folks will join us in June, and we hope to rebuild a new team to take us towards our 10th birthday celebrations.
Going forward in May, we plan to keep twistntales closed in the afternoon hours, as the heat is taking a toll on both our “walk-ins” and our electricity bills! From June 1st, we will be back to normal working hours to 1030 to 2030.
A lot of new exciting books have been released in April, and we have tried to give you a few reviews. Very many exciting books are scheduled to be launched in the next few months, chief among them being, Amitav Ghosh’s sequel to Sea Of Poppies. Be with us on this exciting journey over the next few months.
List of new books:
“Beyond the Invisible Hand: Groundwork for a New Economics” by Kaushik Basu @ Rs.399/- (pgs 273) (Socio Eco)
Kaushik Basu, Economist par excellence, has written a wonderful book that will appeal to both to the professional economist, and the uninitiated. Beyond the Invisible Hand, shows us a new way forward. Free Market economics has provided us a positive surge in growth and employment opportunities, but has not been a panacea for all ailments. Contemporary Capitalism v/s Development Economics is the argument here. An excellently researched book by India’s leading economist, Kaushik Basu enlightens us on the rampant use of the free market policy which has affected the way we craft policy and engage in globalization. A read not only for economists and aspiring students of this social science but for anybody who likes to read and think!
“No Alphabet in Sight: New Dalit Writing from S.India” @ Rs.599/- (pgs 643) - Socio Eco
This rich and intense collection of translated stories by Tamil and Malayalam intellectuals from the greats of Abhimani, K.A.Gunasekaran (Tamil) to Raghavan Atholi, Sunny Kavikad (Malyalam) is undoubtedly thought provoking! The powerful subject of the book- Dalit literature is brought out beautifully by the thoughtful use of colloquial language giving this book that much required unique southerly flavour! It’s the first of the two volumes, so pick up and read before the next ones out!
“Niche: Why the Market No Longer favours the mainstream” by James Harkin @ Rs.595/- (pgs 250) – Business
From “Positioning” to “Focus” to “Niche” – the markets tell us only one thing, if we care to listen. Stay focused, stay in a Niche, that’s the way the future goes. From the all-in ones, Woolworths style of functioning to a narrow area of expertise and cultivating passionate audiences around them, the twistntales way is the wave of the future! Read it to know more!
Inspiration:
“Across Many Mountains: Three Daughters of Tibet” by Yangzom Brauen @ Rs.499/- (pgs 324) - Memoirs
Born in 1980 to a Swiss father and Tibetan mother, Yangzom Brauen is an actress and political activist. This is the story of her grandmother, who as one of Tibet’s youngest nuns escaped prosecution during the Chinese invasion of 1950, and made the long tedious journey to India on foot like so many other refugees. The journey and after – in the various refugee camps in India, the arrival of Martin Brauen, who rescued both her and her daughter and took them to Switzerland, where Yangzom was born. The story makes remarkable reading, covering the geo-political scenario of the Region and the human angle to it, makes it truly inspirational.
“A Masterful Spirit: Homi J Bhabha” by Indira Chowdhury and Ananya Dasgupta @ Rs.1299/- (pgs 258) - Personalities
An inspirational account of one of India’s greatest Institution builder. Scientist, artist and Renaissance man. Recreated with the help of anecdotes, letters, incidents recounted by close friends, colleagues and family, this biography recreates the spirit of the times. The making of TIFR, the Atomic Energy Establishment – later renamed as Bhabha Atomic Research Centre. (in 1966, after his tragic demise in an aircrash), the social, political scene then prevalent all weave together beautifully to create this life for many of us, who have only studied this only in history textbooks Yes, such special people did live in India!
“Mindful Eating, Mindful Life: Savour Every Moment and Every Bite” by Thich Nhat Hanh (with Dr. Lilian Cheung) @ Rs.299/- (pgs 292) – Health
Move over Rutuja Diwekar (Don’t lose your mind, lose your weight), the Guru is here. Thich Nhat Hanh brings mindfulness to our eating habits. Savouring every bite and staying in the awareness of the present moment shows us a mirror to our present habits. Focusing on the roots of these habits, we can develop a guide to transform our actions, and look forward to live a life of abundance. Packed with practical tools and a nutritional guide, this is the book for transformation if you are looking at weight-loss and a healthy body.
“I Want to Live: The Story of Madhubala” by Khatija Akbar @ Rs.399/-
The Queen of Beauty- we have for you the charming Madhubala! It’s the very first biography- truly comprehensive, authentic and captivating! (Includes a Free Vcd of Madhubala’s hit songs!) Indulge into blissfulness and relive the 50’s magic!
“K.L.Saigal: The Definitive Biography” by Pran Nevile @ Rs.299/- (pgs 218)
Firstly, Applause: A Tribute to the First singer superstar of Indian cinema! Did you know that with no formal training K.L.Saigal revolutionized the music industry with 185 of his classic records? All by just trusting his instincts! It undoubtedly takes something beyond the ordinary. This biography will unleash before you the life, music, movies and photographs of this doomed lover (from Devdas) to perfection!
Fiction
“Pigeon English” by Stephen Kelman @ Rs.499/- (pgs 263)
A boy is knifed to death on the street. And an appeal for witnesses by the police draws only silence. That is when young Harrison Opoku, a boy who has newly arrived in England from Ghana decides to investigate the murder himself endangering his mother’s fragile web of protection for family safety! Absorbing the many strange elements of a new city and fascinated by the pigeon who visits his balcony, this story is enthralling for adults and young adults alike!
“Under a Monsoon Cloud: An Inspector Ghote Mystery” by H.R.F Keating” @ Rs.299/- (pgs 238)
Is there a Sherlock Holmes for India? Yes! Presenting Inspector Ganesh Ghote from the Bombay C.I.D --solver of mysteries and agent for seeking justice! This mystery-fiction series is a delight to read with just the right amount of creepiness, suspense and tit bits of comic! H.R.Keating has authored the first nine Inspector Ghote mysteries capturing the whole intriguing world of Bombay even before visiting India with exceptional authenticity! Now that’s true brilliance- a tribute to his ability as a novelist!
“Nothing to Declare” by Rabi Thapa @ Rs.199/- (pgs 172)
This debut by Rabi Thapa is engrossing! A collection of sixteen short stories, this book has been crafted excellently throwing light on the scenes of Kathmandu’s conventional settings! While “initiation” talks about the family’s traditional ritual of initiating a young boy into manhood, Nothing to Declare tells about phoren moved Nepalese and their changing attitudes and habits. A thorough mix of a variety of subjects! An Interesting read!
“Pythogoras” by Kitty Ferguson @ Rs.499/-
“The Cousins” by Prema Raghunath @ Rs.325/-
“The Wandering Falcon” by Jamil Ahmad @ Rs.399/-
“From the Brink of Bankruptcy: the DCM Story” by Vinay Bharat- Ram @ Rs.499/-
“The Poetry of Birds” edited by Simon Armitage and Tim Dee @ Rs.399/-
“The Information” by James Gleick @ Rs.599/-
“How to Think like a Bat and 34 other really interesting uses of philosophy” by Peter Cave @ Rs.399/-
“How to be Compassionate: A Handbook for Creating inner Peace and a Happier World” by His Holiness the Dalai Lama” @ Rs.399/-
“R.D. Burman: The Man, the Music” @ Rs.399/-
“9th Judgement” by James Patterson @ Rs.299/-
“The Gatecrasher” by Sophie Kinsella writing as Madeleine Wickham @ Rs.399/-
“Playing with Fire: Tales of an Extra Ordinary Girl” by Gena Showalter @ Rs.299/-
“The Pregnant Widow” by Martin Amis @ Rs.325/-
“Switch: How to change things when change is hard” by Chip & Dan Heath” @ Rs.399/-
“Bad Ideas? An Arresting History of our Invention” by Robert Winston @ Rs.425/-
“Vengeance of Ravana: Book Seven of the Ramayana” by Ashok K Banker @ Rs.299/-
“Annexed: The Incredible story of the boy who loved Anne Frank” by Sharon Dogar @ Rs.299/-
“The Ascent of Man” by Jacob Bronowski @ Rs.450/-
“Goddess of the Rose: A Goddess Summoning Novel” by P.C.Cast @ Rs.350/-
“Good Business: Leadership, flow and the making of meaning” by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi @ Rs.395/-
“The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party” by Alexander McCall Smith @ Rs.595/-
“How to Destroy the Universe and 34 Other Really Interesting Uses of Physics” by Paul Parsons @ Rs.399/-
“Justin Bieber: Our World” by Millie Rowlands @ Rs.350/-
“The Limca Book of Records: Sports Achievers Special” @ Rs.400/-
Happy Reading and see you at the Store,
From the happy team at
twistntales
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Some things you know all your life...
I found a gorgeous poetry blog yesterday and have been up to my heart and soul in lines like...
I want the pepper’s fury and the salt’s tenderness.
I want the virtue of the evening rain, but not its gossip.
I want the moon’s intuition, but not its questions.
I want the malice of nothing on earth.
I want to enter every room in a strange electrified city
and find you there
and...
...just pay attention, then patch
a few words together and don’t try
to make them elaborate, this isn’t
a contest but the doorway
into thanks, and a silence in which
another voice may speak.
Here's the thing. I work in a newsroom. I am bombarded by war and rebellion and natural disasters. I've made special reports on Egypt and dispassionately updated the number of deaths in Libya.
Despite the fact that some of the best poems are born during the bleakest of times, poetry for me is a refuge. It is also an addiction and a breath taker.
It's easy to explain it as plain old romanticism, and maybe it is just that. I'm not sure though, if the shiver I get while looking at...
What if by story you mean the shortcut home,
but I mean voices in a room by the sea
while days go by?...
but I mean voices in a room by the sea
while days go by?...
can be explained away at all. And maybe it doesn't need to be. Maybe it's sufficient to say that when Mary Oliver says...
Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting--
over and over announcing your place
in the family of things.
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting--
over and over announcing your place
in the family of things.
...life resumes its urgency and its peace
And when Neruda writes...
because of you, the heady perfumes of summer pain me; because of you, I again seek out the signs that precipitate desire: shooting stars, falling objects
...
...I fall just that little bit more in love
Enough said :)
Here's the link:
Students at twistntales !
We have always had students working in the evenings. They bring their joy and energy and really perk us up.
We also have summer trainees ... we take them after Class 12. But this year, we have had parents and kids asking for "something to do" "you don't have to pay us" ! Cute ! Some of them as young as Class 6 !
But no, we will take them after they are 18, and we will make them work ! and we will pay them !
Read a related story covered by DNA here.
We also have summer trainees ... we take them after Class 12. But this year, we have had parents and kids asking for "something to do" "you don't have to pay us" ! Cute ! Some of them as young as Class 6 !
But no, we will take them after they are 18, and we will make them work ! and we will pay them !
Read a related story covered by DNA here.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Vacancies in twistntales !
twistntales is a cosy bookstore tucked away in a by-lane in Aundh. We have an eclectic collection of books and we have fun activities to promote reading. We are looking for the following persons:
Book Store Enthusiast
Looking for a people loving books person. Yes, if you love interacting with people and are a good reader yourself, you are the person we want to meet. The “job” is a 10 to 6, but you will spend the whole day with books. Ordering new ones, helping customers find the right book to read, selecting books for schools to buy, reading and writing book reviews etc. The job includes billing and handling the cash counter. Female graduates in literature, humanities, and sciences may apply. Excellent spoken and written English with good computer skills essential.
Customer Service Assistants (M/F)
Similar job profile as above, but part-time (5 to 9pm) only. Graduation students or Gap year students may apply.
Man Friday
Should be able to read and write English. Must have valid two wheeler licence. The job will include books delivery and housekeeping duties as well.
All above positions will have a weekly off on Mondays. If you are keen on any of the above positions, send your CV to twistntales@hotmail.com or call 9960639162 (10am to 9pm) for more details. Salary commensurate with experience. All positions start in June 2011.
Book Store Enthusiast
Looking for a people loving books person. Yes, if you love interacting with people and are a good reader yourself, you are the person we want to meet. The “job” is a 10 to 6, but you will spend the whole day with books. Ordering new ones, helping customers find the right book to read, selecting books for schools to buy, reading and writing book reviews etc. The job includes billing and handling the cash counter. Female graduates in literature, humanities, and sciences may apply. Excellent spoken and written English with good computer skills essential.
Customer Service Assistants (M/F)
Similar job profile as above, but part-time (5 to 9pm) only. Graduation students or Gap year students may apply.
Man Friday
Should be able to read and write English. Must have valid two wheeler licence. The job will include books delivery and housekeeping duties as well.
All above positions will have a weekly off on Mondays. If you are keen on any of the above positions, send your CV to twistntales@hotmail.com or call 9960639162 (10am to 9pm) for more details. Salary commensurate with experience. All positions start in June 2011.
Monday, March 28, 2011
Happy 9th birthday celebrations !
Happy Birthday !
Priyanka, Kshitija and Jahnavi
twistntales kids !
Are u happy today ?
Shama, Kshitija and Madhavi
People love us !
Flooded with good wishes !
If wishes were horses ....
Our first customer nine years back !
Gifts for tnt !
Tia and Tripuri
Spiky !
Jahnavi and Anushree
Cheers to 9 years of fun !
Saturday, March 26, 2011
An ode of thanks !
twistntales started in March 2002 with 5 lakhs capital and a small prayer on 28th of March. With the interiors then costing us 2.5 lakhs, we were left with half the amount to start and sustain our business.
As we enter our 10th year of operations, we look back at the last 9 years with an immense sense of satisfaction and pleasure.
It is a vindication of many things.
• That “good quality” will seek and find its own market.
• It is nice to be happy and spread happiness.
• “Word of mouth” is the best form of advertisement and it is free.
• And a “raving fan” gets you more raving fans.
• Folks understand difficult times.
• Relationships are nurtured through good interactions.
• “Old School” values which have stood the test of time, still has place in our lives.
All these and more. Over the years, you have given us place in your hearts and on the bookshelves. As a community bookstore, we have seen the neighbourhood children attend our workshops, grow into responsible young adults. Our monthly mails reach out to close to 3500+ persons, and an occasional hi/hullo from those beyond the far seas warms us up. Our students who are/have working/worked part-time at the Store from Tejal/ Mridula to the current Lijya/ Priyanka have grown tremendously richer in the process of their interactions with you. The pleasure that we have got in identifying good books for you to pick is incomparable. The intangibles far far outweigh the tangibles.
Will reading sustain? Will traditional independent bookstores continue to exist in a few years? If books are available as downloads, what value-add do we bring to your reading pleasure? Yes, these are questions that we need to find answers for.
We are still working this out. Based on some of your suggestions, a few opportunities are being explored. Do continue to write to us, and provide us with your feedback and suggestions.
We understand customers have a choice and respect it. And feel humbled when you choose us to buy your book. Thank you, we have survived, ridden over recessionary times and confidently look to the future - all because of you.
Do join us in our 9th anniversary celebrations tomorrow at the store, 27th Mar, Sun, 6pm onwards. To make sure your celebration is happy too, we will be offering 15% discount on all books in the Store for tomorrow (all day long).
From the team at
twistntales
As we enter our 10th year of operations, we look back at the last 9 years with an immense sense of satisfaction and pleasure.
It is a vindication of many things.
• That “good quality” will seek and find its own market.
• It is nice to be happy and spread happiness.
• “Word of mouth” is the best form of advertisement and it is free.
• And a “raving fan” gets you more raving fans.
• Folks understand difficult times.
• Relationships are nurtured through good interactions.
• “Old School” values which have stood the test of time, still has place in our lives.
All these and more. Over the years, you have given us place in your hearts and on the bookshelves. As a community bookstore, we have seen the neighbourhood children attend our workshops, grow into responsible young adults. Our monthly mails reach out to close to 3500+ persons, and an occasional hi/hullo from those beyond the far seas warms us up. Our students who are/have working/worked part-time at the Store from Tejal/ Mridula to the current Lijya/ Priyanka have grown tremendously richer in the process of their interactions with you. The pleasure that we have got in identifying good books for you to pick is incomparable. The intangibles far far outweigh the tangibles.
Will reading sustain? Will traditional independent bookstores continue to exist in a few years? If books are available as downloads, what value-add do we bring to your reading pleasure? Yes, these are questions that we need to find answers for.
We are still working this out. Based on some of your suggestions, a few opportunities are being explored. Do continue to write to us, and provide us with your feedback and suggestions.
We understand customers have a choice and respect it. And feel humbled when you choose us to buy your book. Thank you, we have survived, ridden over recessionary times and confidently look to the future - all because of you.
Do join us in our 9th anniversary celebrations tomorrow at the store, 27th Mar, Sun, 6pm onwards. To make sure your celebration is happy too, we will be offering 15% discount on all books in the Store for tomorrow (all day long).
From the team at
twistntales
Monday, March 7, 2011
Happy Anniversary Sale!!!
Hi all,
Happy Birthday to US! Yes, it is birthday time again, and this time we want to make sure that you celebrate with us!
Our Annual Anniversary Sale starts on Tuesday, 8th March and is on until Sunday, 20th of March, 2011. Discounts Galore, besides Happy Days and Happy Hours too! Make the most of it, do come by and check out new books at the Store!
Our happy birthday is on 28th of March, which this year falls on a Monday, which is our weekly off! So we shall be celebrating on 27th March, Sunday. Please join us for our party at the Store on that day. We are completing 9 years and starting our tenth year of operations. It surely is a moment of great pride and joy for us!
New Books and a few reviews at the Store:
“Faster Cheaper Better: The 9 Levers for Transforming How Work Gets Done” by Michael Hammer and Lisa W. Hershman @ Rs.960/- (pgs 302)
The guru of Re-engineering, Michael Hammer introduced us to process work flows in early 1990s. In this path breaking follow-up, the duo identifies the 9 levers for transformation in the workplace. Michael Hammer passed away in September 2008. Lisa Hershman, the CEO of Hammer and Company has finished the work of this genius. Faster, Cheaper, Better isn’t about the way work is organized, it is about how we want our work to be. Can we move out of a “worm’s eye view” to a “bird’s eye view”?
Chap. 1 talks of end to end work processes and Chap. 2 about measurement. What do we measure rather than how do we measure. Chapters 3 and 4 talks of process owners and performers, Chapters 5 and 6 about corporate culture and governance. Chapter 7 talks of the 9 levers and opens chapters 8 to 12 to discuss case studies of 5 companies that embraced end to end process with sharply different results.
This is a book to read. Re-read, think, process and apply. And to keep. Buy it. It will be treasured for the insight it adds to your work.
“50 Facts that should change the world” by Jessica Williams @ 399/-(pgs 306)
Jessica Williams’s bestseller is back in its latest, revised and updated edition with some excellently researched shocker and incredible facts from around the world. Besides surprising the reader it also offers solutions to make this world a better and brighter place! This research handbook is a must have for all children and adults alike. A debater’s essential – the juicy one liners in this book would leave the audience awestruck! It’s not surprising that this book is in its 3rd edition! A must have for every household! Jessica Williams is a journalist and television producer for the BBC.
“The Castle in the Pyrenees” by Jostein Gaarder @ Rs.295/- (pgs 250)
What would you do- when driving down home after a romantic, carefree holiday you accidentally hit an elderly woman? Would you help get her to the nearest hospital or just drive on? That’s just what they did- drive on. Two students caught up in an intensive love affair have set out on a trip into the beautiful mountains of Norway and done the unforgivable! Anxious and troubled after the incident, life goes on. They drift apart and find themselves with other partners. Yet years later they meet- although quite accidentally. Is fate giving them one of its last opportunities to undo their reckless mistake? Find out with this passionate, thought provoking story which has more than one twist in store for you! Jostein Gaarder is the author of the bestselling phenomenon “Sophie’s World”, which has been translated into 55 languages and sold over 30 million copies worldwide.
“The Bed of Procrustes” by Nassim Nicholas Taleb @ Rs.250/- (pgs 112)
For those who have loved Taleb’s earlier bestsellers (Fooled by Randomness and Black Swan), this is an absolute keepsake. Essentially a lovely collection of quotes, the wisdom packed is astounding. Each quote is a distilled essence of his genius – ity! Provocative, mentally re-charging, his idiosyncrasies bear to fruit in this compelling collection! Blink, and you have missed it! Pick it up – makes the best office gift too!
“The Urban Jungle” by Samrat @ Rs.250/- (pgs 238)
Can you speak the language of the monkeys? Jimmy can- in Samrat’s debut novel which revolves around Jimmy’s migration from small town India to the big city. Jimmy’s life is thrown off course in all possible, unimaginable ways by the big, bad city- local goons, complicated bus routes and Shamsher Khan (the kidnapper)! A fast paced thriller and an excellent contemporary interpretation of Kipling’s classic - The Jungle Book! It’s endless entertainment - from Samrat- the engineer gone astray! Take a peak!
“The Collaborator” by Mirza Waheed @ Rs.499/- (pgs 307)
Is it a Khalid Husseini in the making? Mirza Waheed in his debut novel evokes images of Kashmir as his own and the traditions of the nomadic Gujjar community that decides to grow roots in a high land Indian Kashmiri village near the LOC. Written in an extremely honest and engaging style, he tells the story of those who didn’t go across the border. Mirza Waheed spent his early years in Kashmir before completing his education in New Delhi. He is currently the Editor of BBC’s Urdu service. Of the Indian Authors new on the block, this is the one to watch …. Read Collaborator and you will see why.
“Tanzeem” by Mukul Deva @ Rs.225/- (pgs 319)
India’s military thriller writer Mukul Deva is back, with a fitting finale to the Lashkar series. As usual, a heady cocktail of warlords, the ISI, and India’s strike action team create a suspense thriller, which you are thankful is only fiction. Mukul Deva tells of jihadi terror in a style that can make you smell the gunpowder.
“The Harappa Files” by Sarnath Banerjee @ Rs.499/- (pgs 215)
The Greater Harappa Rehabilitation, Reclamation and Redevelopment Committee (GHRRRC), a clandestine think tank is in deep deliberation... but about what? The hormonal changes post liberalized India is undergoing! These changes are huge and barely comprehensible to civil society. That's why the author- Sarnath Banerjee aides us with wonderful graphic commentaries all along the way! A thoroughly fascinating read!
The Harappa Files - It's going to be legendary!
“The Naïve and the Sentimental Novelist” by Orhan Pamuk @ Rs. 450/- (pgs 200)
“Artichoke Hearts” by Sita Brahmachari @ Rs.250/- (pgs 320)
“Six Yards of Silk” by Mallika Krishnamurthy @ Rs.195/- (pgs168)
“The Sly Company of People who Care” by Rahul Bhattacharya @ Rs.495/- (pgs 281)
“Ours are the Streets” by Sunjeev Sahota @ Rs.450/- (pgs 313)
“The Vague Woman’s Handbook” by Devapriya Roy @ Rs.199/- (pgs339)
“India Calling” by Anand Giridharadas @ Rs.499/- (pgs306)
“The Siege of Warwan: a novel” by Major General G.D.Bakshi
“Rocky’s Table: Indian Menus for Fine Dining and Wines to Match” by Rocky Mohan @ Rs.1499/-
“Chicken Soup for the Indian Golden Soul” @ Rs.295/- (pgs371)
“Where is Amma?” by Nandini Nayar @ Rs.95/- (Also Available in Hindi)
“Pintoo and the Giant” by Sulabha R. Devpurkar @ Rs.135/- (Also Available in Hindi)
“Bhimayana” by Navayana @ Rs.395/- (pgs 104)
“Third Best” by Arjun Rao @ Rs.295/- (pgs 376)
“127 Hours” by Aron Ralston @ Rs.280/- (pgs 352)
“The Life’s Too Short Literary Review 01: New Writing from Pakistan” Edited by Faiza S Khan and Aysha Raja @ Rs.395/- (pgs 120)
“The Watchman’s Rattle: Thinking Our Way out Of Extinction” by Rebecca Costa @ Rs.599/- (pgs 347)
“Why Loiter? Women and risk on Mumbai streets” by Shilpa Phadke, Sameera Khan and Shilpa Ranade @ Rs.299/- (pgs 280)
“Skunk Girl” by Sheba Karim @ Rs.250/- (pgs 232)
“Ahmedabad: From Royal City to Mega City” by Achyut Yagnik and Suchitra Sheth
“The Habit of Winning” by Prakash Iyer @ Rs.299/- (pgs 248)
“The King’s Speech” by Mark Logue and Peter Conrad @ Rs.499/- (pgs 242)
“Night in Bombay” by Louis Bromfield @ Rs.399/- (pgs 366)
“The Good Muslim of Jackson Heights” by Jaysinh Birjepatil @ Rs.275/- (pgs 244)
“A Beautiful Lie” by Irfan Master @ Rs.299/- (pgs 297)
“For the Love of a Son” by Jean Sasson” @ Rs.325/- (pgs 458)
“The Nowhere Nation” by Ashok Mitra @ Rs.450/- (pgs 224)
“Inside Wikileaks: My Time with Julian Assange at the World’s Most Dangerous Website” by Daniel Domscheit-Berg with Tina Klopp @ Rs.499/- (pgs 282)
The Second Book of the Crusades Trilogy-“The Templar Knight” by Jan Guillou @ Rs.299/- (pgs 470)
The Third Book of the Crusades Trilogy-“Birth of the Kingdom” by Jan Guillou @ Rs.299/- (pgs 498)
“The Lost Relic: Some Secrets Should Stay Buried…” by Scott Mariani @ Rs.299/- (pgs 437)
“The Information: a History, a Theory, a Flood” by James Gleick @ Rs.599/- (pgs 524)
“Children of the Lion” by Carl Muller @ Rs.599/- (pgs 983)
“Sachin: 501 Things you didn’t know about the master blaster” by Suvam Pal @ Rs.175/- (Pgs 145)
“Susanna’s Seven Husbands” (Saat khoon Maaf) by Ruskin Bond @ Rs.250/- (pgs 206)
“A Book of Memory” by Sudhir Kakar @ Rs.499/- (Pgs 318)
“The Boss Is Not Your Friend: A Handbook for Indian Managers to Survive All Things Organizational” by Vijay Nair @ Rs.295/- (pgs 210)
“Playground Rangbhoomi” by Premchand @ Rs.550/- (pgs 641)
Hoping to see you in the next 10 days,
From the team at,
twistntales
Happy Birthday to US! Yes, it is birthday time again, and this time we want to make sure that you celebrate with us!
Our Annual Anniversary Sale starts on Tuesday, 8th March and is on until Sunday, 20th of March, 2011. Discounts Galore, besides Happy Days and Happy Hours too! Make the most of it, do come by and check out new books at the Store!
Our happy birthday is on 28th of March, which this year falls on a Monday, which is our weekly off! So we shall be celebrating on 27th March, Sunday. Please join us for our party at the Store on that day. We are completing 9 years and starting our tenth year of operations. It surely is a moment of great pride and joy for us!
New Books and a few reviews at the Store:
“Faster Cheaper Better: The 9 Levers for Transforming How Work Gets Done” by Michael Hammer and Lisa W. Hershman @ Rs.960/- (pgs 302)
The guru of Re-engineering, Michael Hammer introduced us to process work flows in early 1990s. In this path breaking follow-up, the duo identifies the 9 levers for transformation in the workplace. Michael Hammer passed away in September 2008. Lisa Hershman, the CEO of Hammer and Company has finished the work of this genius. Faster, Cheaper, Better isn’t about the way work is organized, it is about how we want our work to be. Can we move out of a “worm’s eye view” to a “bird’s eye view”?
Chap. 1 talks of end to end work processes and Chap. 2 about measurement. What do we measure rather than how do we measure. Chapters 3 and 4 talks of process owners and performers, Chapters 5 and 6 about corporate culture and governance. Chapter 7 talks of the 9 levers and opens chapters 8 to 12 to discuss case studies of 5 companies that embraced end to end process with sharply different results.
This is a book to read. Re-read, think, process and apply. And to keep. Buy it. It will be treasured for the insight it adds to your work.
“50 Facts that should change the world” by Jessica Williams @ 399/-(pgs 306)
Jessica Williams’s bestseller is back in its latest, revised and updated edition with some excellently researched shocker and incredible facts from around the world. Besides surprising the reader it also offers solutions to make this world a better and brighter place! This research handbook is a must have for all children and adults alike. A debater’s essential – the juicy one liners in this book would leave the audience awestruck! It’s not surprising that this book is in its 3rd edition! A must have for every household! Jessica Williams is a journalist and television producer for the BBC.
“The Castle in the Pyrenees” by Jostein Gaarder @ Rs.295/- (pgs 250)
What would you do- when driving down home after a romantic, carefree holiday you accidentally hit an elderly woman? Would you help get her to the nearest hospital or just drive on? That’s just what they did- drive on. Two students caught up in an intensive love affair have set out on a trip into the beautiful mountains of Norway and done the unforgivable! Anxious and troubled after the incident, life goes on. They drift apart and find themselves with other partners. Yet years later they meet- although quite accidentally. Is fate giving them one of its last opportunities to undo their reckless mistake? Find out with this passionate, thought provoking story which has more than one twist in store for you! Jostein Gaarder is the author of the bestselling phenomenon “Sophie’s World”, which has been translated into 55 languages and sold over 30 million copies worldwide.
“The Bed of Procrustes” by Nassim Nicholas Taleb @ Rs.250/- (pgs 112)
For those who have loved Taleb’s earlier bestsellers (Fooled by Randomness and Black Swan), this is an absolute keepsake. Essentially a lovely collection of quotes, the wisdom packed is astounding. Each quote is a distilled essence of his genius – ity! Provocative, mentally re-charging, his idiosyncrasies bear to fruit in this compelling collection! Blink, and you have missed it! Pick it up – makes the best office gift too!
“The Urban Jungle” by Samrat @ Rs.250/- (pgs 238)
Can you speak the language of the monkeys? Jimmy can- in Samrat’s debut novel which revolves around Jimmy’s migration from small town India to the big city. Jimmy’s life is thrown off course in all possible, unimaginable ways by the big, bad city- local goons, complicated bus routes and Shamsher Khan (the kidnapper)! A fast paced thriller and an excellent contemporary interpretation of Kipling’s classic - The Jungle Book! It’s endless entertainment - from Samrat- the engineer gone astray! Take a peak!
“The Collaborator” by Mirza Waheed @ Rs.499/- (pgs 307)
Is it a Khalid Husseini in the making? Mirza Waheed in his debut novel evokes images of Kashmir as his own and the traditions of the nomadic Gujjar community that decides to grow roots in a high land Indian Kashmiri village near the LOC. Written in an extremely honest and engaging style, he tells the story of those who didn’t go across the border. Mirza Waheed spent his early years in Kashmir before completing his education in New Delhi. He is currently the Editor of BBC’s Urdu service. Of the Indian Authors new on the block, this is the one to watch …. Read Collaborator and you will see why.
“Tanzeem” by Mukul Deva @ Rs.225/- (pgs 319)
India’s military thriller writer Mukul Deva is back, with a fitting finale to the Lashkar series. As usual, a heady cocktail of warlords, the ISI, and India’s strike action team create a suspense thriller, which you are thankful is only fiction. Mukul Deva tells of jihadi terror in a style that can make you smell the gunpowder.
“The Harappa Files” by Sarnath Banerjee @ Rs.499/- (pgs 215)
The Greater Harappa Rehabilitation, Reclamation and Redevelopment Committee (GHRRRC), a clandestine think tank is in deep deliberation... but about what? The hormonal changes post liberalized India is undergoing! These changes are huge and barely comprehensible to civil society. That's why the author- Sarnath Banerjee aides us with wonderful graphic commentaries all along the way! A thoroughly fascinating read!
The Harappa Files - It's going to be legendary!
“The Naïve and the Sentimental Novelist” by Orhan Pamuk @ Rs. 450/- (pgs 200)
“Artichoke Hearts” by Sita Brahmachari @ Rs.250/- (pgs 320)
“Six Yards of Silk” by Mallika Krishnamurthy @ Rs.195/- (pgs168)
“The Sly Company of People who Care” by Rahul Bhattacharya @ Rs.495/- (pgs 281)
“Ours are the Streets” by Sunjeev Sahota @ Rs.450/- (pgs 313)
“The Vague Woman’s Handbook” by Devapriya Roy @ Rs.199/- (pgs339)
“India Calling” by Anand Giridharadas @ Rs.499/- (pgs306)
“The Siege of Warwan: a novel” by Major General G.D.Bakshi
“Rocky’s Table: Indian Menus for Fine Dining and Wines to Match” by Rocky Mohan @ Rs.1499/-
“Chicken Soup for the Indian Golden Soul” @ Rs.295/- (pgs371)
“Where is Amma?” by Nandini Nayar @ Rs.95/- (Also Available in Hindi)
“Pintoo and the Giant” by Sulabha R. Devpurkar @ Rs.135/- (Also Available in Hindi)
“Bhimayana” by Navayana @ Rs.395/- (pgs 104)
“Third Best” by Arjun Rao @ Rs.295/- (pgs 376)
“127 Hours” by Aron Ralston @ Rs.280/- (pgs 352)
“The Life’s Too Short Literary Review 01: New Writing from Pakistan” Edited by Faiza S Khan and Aysha Raja @ Rs.395/- (pgs 120)
“The Watchman’s Rattle: Thinking Our Way out Of Extinction” by Rebecca Costa @ Rs.599/- (pgs 347)
“Why Loiter? Women and risk on Mumbai streets” by Shilpa Phadke, Sameera Khan and Shilpa Ranade @ Rs.299/- (pgs 280)
“Skunk Girl” by Sheba Karim @ Rs.250/- (pgs 232)
“Ahmedabad: From Royal City to Mega City” by Achyut Yagnik and Suchitra Sheth
“The Habit of Winning” by Prakash Iyer @ Rs.299/- (pgs 248)
“The King’s Speech” by Mark Logue and Peter Conrad @ Rs.499/- (pgs 242)
“Night in Bombay” by Louis Bromfield @ Rs.399/- (pgs 366)
“The Good Muslim of Jackson Heights” by Jaysinh Birjepatil @ Rs.275/- (pgs 244)
“A Beautiful Lie” by Irfan Master @ Rs.299/- (pgs 297)
“For the Love of a Son” by Jean Sasson” @ Rs.325/- (pgs 458)
“The Nowhere Nation” by Ashok Mitra @ Rs.450/- (pgs 224)
“Inside Wikileaks: My Time with Julian Assange at the World’s Most Dangerous Website” by Daniel Domscheit-Berg with Tina Klopp @ Rs.499/- (pgs 282)
The Second Book of the Crusades Trilogy-“The Templar Knight” by Jan Guillou @ Rs.299/- (pgs 470)
The Third Book of the Crusades Trilogy-“Birth of the Kingdom” by Jan Guillou @ Rs.299/- (pgs 498)
“The Lost Relic: Some Secrets Should Stay Buried…” by Scott Mariani @ Rs.299/- (pgs 437)
“The Information: a History, a Theory, a Flood” by James Gleick @ Rs.599/- (pgs 524)
“Children of the Lion” by Carl Muller @ Rs.599/- (pgs 983)
“Sachin: 501 Things you didn’t know about the master blaster” by Suvam Pal @ Rs.175/- (Pgs 145)
“Susanna’s Seven Husbands” (Saat khoon Maaf) by Ruskin Bond @ Rs.250/- (pgs 206)
“A Book of Memory” by Sudhir Kakar @ Rs.499/- (Pgs 318)
“The Boss Is Not Your Friend: A Handbook for Indian Managers to Survive All Things Organizational” by Vijay Nair @ Rs.295/- (pgs 210)
“Playground Rangbhoomi” by Premchand @ Rs.550/- (pgs 641)
Hoping to see you in the next 10 days,
From the team at,
twistntales
Monday, February 7, 2011
New books at twistntales !
Hi all,
A quick peek into what’s new at the Store! There are some absolute delights that come in every day! Check them out!
Wow/ New and Noteworthy
“Women Changing India” edited by Urvashi Butalia and Anita Roy @ Rs.1995/-
“Love, Sex, Death &Words- Surprising Tales from a Year in Literature” by John Sutherland and Stephen Fender @ Rs.899/- (pgs 512)
“A Treasury Of Indian Wisdom’ by Karan Singh @ Rs.450/- (pgs 210)
“Where The Sidewalk Ends: The Poems and Drawings of Shel Silverstein” @ Rs. 399/-
“India – A Portrait, an intimate biography of 1.2 billion people” by Patrick French @ Rs.699/- (pgs 433)
“Going Places – India’s Small Town Cricket Heroes” by K.R. Guruprasad @ Rs. 199/- (pgs 166)
“The Naïve and the Sentimental Novelist” by Orhan Pamuk @ Rs. 450/- (pgs 200)
“Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother” by Amy Chua @ Rs. 450/- (pgs 235)
“The Price of Everything – the Cost of Birth, the Price of Death and the Value of Everything in Between” by Eduardo Porter @ Rs. 499/- (pgs 296)
“India – A Traveller’s Literary Companion” Ed. by Chandrahas Choudhury @ Rs. 399/- (pgs 235)
“50 Facts that Should Change the World” by Jessica Williams @ Rs.399/- (pgs 300)
“Unmentionables: Words and Phrases from Family Jewels to Friendly Fire. What We Say Instead of What We Mean” By Ralph Keyes @ Rs. 299/- (pgs 342)
“The Big Book Shelf- in Conversation with 30 Famous Writers” by Sunil Sethi @ Rs.350/- (pgs 240)
“Penguin Evergreen Classic Series” @ Rs. 99/- each (Titles released so far are : The Mark of Vishnu- Khushwant Singh, Building a New India- A.P.J Abdul Kalam, My Experiments with Truth- M.K. Gandhi, Feluda- Satyajit Ray, Kabuliwallah- Rabindranath Tagore, Kamasutra-Vatsyayana, The Mahabharata-Vyasa, Malgudi- R.K. Narayan, Valmiki Ramayana, The Jungle Book- Rudyard Kipling, The Kitemaker-Ruskin Bond, The Quilt-Ismat Chughtai, The Shroud- Premchand, and Toba Tek Singh-Saadat Hasan Manto.
Fiction
“Tales of Terror from the Tunnel’s Mouth” by Chris Priestly @ Rs.299/- (pgs 258)
“Nightrunners Of Bengal” by John Masters @ Rs.350/- (pgs 381)
“The Family Arsenal” by Paul Theroux @ Rs.350/- (pgs 295)
“Evidence” by Jonathan Kellerman @ Rs.295/- (pgs 440)
“Death of A Radical” by Rebecca Jenkins @ Rs.299/- (pgs 391)
“Crescent Dawn” by Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler @ Rs.499/- (pgs 548)
“Over My Dead Body” by Michelle Bardsley @ Rs.299/- (pgs 286)
“Museum Of Thieves” by Lian Tanner @ Rs.295/- (pgs 270)
“Spartan Gold” by Clive Cussler with Grant Blackwood @ Rs.299/- (Pgs 502)
“Bone Series” by Jefferson Bass (2 in 1) @ Rs.299/-
“Operation Mincemeat” By Ben Macintyre @ Rs.399/- (Pgs 414)
“The Best American Mystery Stories 2010” Editor Lee Child @ Rs.650/- (Pgs 402)
“The Best of Young Spanish Language Novelists” By Granta @ Rs. 599/- (Pgs 324)
“Tender Hooks” by Moni Mohsin @ Rs. 199/- (pgs 250)
“You against me” by Jenny Downham @ Rs. 499/- (pgs 412)
“The Patience Stone” by Atiq Rahmi (Winner of Goncourt Prize) @ Rs. 299/- (pgs 135)
“Too Many Murders” by Colleen McCullough @ Rs. 299/- (pgs 407)
“Entangled” by Graham Hancock @ Rs. 325/- (pgs 434)
Indian Writing
“Sunset Club” by Khushwant Singh @ Rs.399/- (Pgs 218)
“The Onus Of Karma” by Rudra Krishna @ Rs.250/- (pgs 214)
“Crowded Rooms” by Prem Nath @ Rs.199/- (pgs 165)
“Journeys In The Night- Untold Stories From India’s Best- Known Writers” edited by Negar Akhavi @ Rs.299/- (pgs 334)
“Brief Candle- Three Plays” by Mahesh Dattani @ Rs.199/-(pgs 139)
“Laburnum For My Head Stories” by Temsula Ao @ Rs.150/- (Pgs 107)
“Sahibs’ India- Vignettes from the Raj” by Pran Neville @ Rs.299/- (pgs 243)
“The Premier Murder League” by Geeta Sundar @ Rs.150/- (pgs 231)
“Shadow Men” by Bijoya Sawian @ Rs.199/- (pgs 159)
“Vivek and I” by Mayur Patel @ Rs.299/- (pgs 378)
“Blue Blood” by Uttara Chauhan @ Rs. 250/- (pgs 239)
“The Jewel That Is Best” by Rabindranath Tagore @ Rs. 250/- (pgs 203)
“Three Plays” - Winner of The Hindu Metroplus Playwright Award Winners 2008-2010 @ Rs. 250/- (pgs182)
“Durgeshnandini” by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay @ Rs. 299/- (pgs 190)
“The Story of My Assassins” by Tarun J Tejpal @ Rs.350/- (pgs 522)
“Rebirth” by Jahnavi Barua @ Rs. 250/- (pgs 203)
Inspiration
“I Bought the Monk’s Ferrari” by Ravi Subramanian @ Rs195/- (Pgs 163)
“Beat The Blues before They Beat You- How To overcome Depression” by Robert L. Leahy, PhD @ Rs.299/- (Pgs 273)
“The Rise & Rise Of Jugaad- How Ordinary People Become Extraordinarily Successful” by Virender Kapoor @ Rs.240/- (pgs 202)
“A New Way Of Thinking, A New Way Of Being: Experiencing the Tao Te Ching” by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer @ Rs.650/- (Pgs 370)
“The Locust And The Bird: My Mother’s Story” By Hanan Al-Shaykh @ Rs.350/- (Pgs 302)
“The Puppy That Came For Christmas…” By Megan Rix @ Rs.299/- (Pgs 245)
“Love Yourself…: And It Doesn’t Matter Who You Marry!” @ Rs.299/- (Pgs 267)
“Just Go for It” By Dame Kelly Holmes @ Rs.250/- (Pgs 208)
“Writing on Water – Spontaneous utterances, Insights and Drawings” by Mooji Rs. 350/- (pgs 206)
“Are you ready to Succeed – Uncoventional Strategies for Achieving Personal Mastery in Business and in Life” by Srikumar Rao @ Rs. 325/- (pgs 255)
“The Value of Nothing” by Raj Patel @ Rs. 325/- (pgs 250)
“The Angel Therapy Handbook” by Doreen Virtue @ Rs. 299/- (pgs 237)
“Becoming Buddha – Wisdom Culture for a meaningful life” Ed. by Renuka Singh @ Rs. 399/- (pgs 184)
Management
“Grit, Guts And Gumption – Driving Change In A State Owned Giant – the story of SBI” by Rajesh Chakrabarti @ Rs.499/- (pgs 234)
“Nickel & Dimed- Undercover In Low- Wage USA” by Barbara Ehrenreich @ Rs.399/- (Pgs 221)
“The Talent Masters-Why Smart Leaders Put People Before Numbers” by Bill Conaty and Ram Charan @ Rs.699/- (Pgs 320)
“Open Source Leader- The Future Of Organizations And Leadership” by Sangeeth Varghese @ Rs499/- (pgs 225)
“What Works- The Secrets Of The World’s Best Organizations And Communities” by Hamish McRae @ Rs.499/- (pgs 328)
“Nanovation- How A Little Car Can Teach The World To Think Big” by Kevin and Jacky Freiberg and Dain Dunston @ Rs.450/- (pgs 351)
Leadership @ Infosys” edited by Matt Barney, PhD @ Rs.699/-(pgs 226)
“All the Devils Are Here: The Hidden History of the Financial Crisis” By Bethany Mclean And Joe Nocera @ Rs.599/- (Pgs 380)
Personalities
“Stieg Larsson, My Friend” by Kurdo Baksi @ Rs.450/- (pgs 143)
“Sadhguru- More Than A Life” by Arundhati Subramaniam @ Rs.499/-(pgs 242)
“S. Chandrasekhar – Man of Science” – special centenary edition @ Rs. 499/- (Ed. by Radhika Ramnath, Foreword by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam)
Science
“Wholly Irresponsible Science”: 120 Daring Experiments To Do In Your Home And Garden by Sean Connolly @ Rs 399/- (Pages 311)
“The New Science of Life” By Rupert Sheldrake @ Rs.399/- (Pgs 370)
“A Mind of its Own – How your brain distorts and deceives” by Cordelia Fine @ Rs. 399/- (Pgs 246)
“The Male Brain – An Essential Owner’s Manual For Every Man, and a Cheat Sheet for Every Woman!” by Louann Brizendine @ Rs. 399/- (pgs 300)
“Cycles of Time – An Extraordinary View of the Universe” by Roger Penrose @ Rs. 1099/- (pgs 288)
“The Number Mysteries” by Marcus Du Sautoy @ Rs. 350/- (pgs 299)
Socio Eco Pol
“Across The LoC – Inside Pakistan-Administered Jammu And Kashmir” by Luv Puri @ Rs.350/- (pgs 136)
“Unbound: Indian Women @ Work” by Gita Aravamudan @ Rs250/- (pgs 214)
“Arming without Aiming-India’s Military Modernization” by Stephen P. Cohen and Sunil Dasgupta @ Rs.499/- (pgs 223)
“Way Beyond The Three Rs. - India’s Educational Challenge In The 21st Century” by Y. S. Rajan @ Rs.250/- (pgs 157)
“Talking to the Enemy – Violent Extremism, Sacred Values, and what it means to be Human” by Scott Atran @ Rs. 699/- (Pgs 556)
“How the West was Lost – Fifty years of Economic Folly and the Stark Choices ahead” by Dambisa Moyo @ Rs. 550/- (pgs 226)
Young Adults
“The Man with Enormous Wings” by Esther David @ Rs.199/- (pgs 122)
“The Burmese Box- Two Novellas” by Lila Majumdar @ Rs.199/- (pgs 152)
“Bad Moon Rising – The Puffin Book Of Mystery Stories” @ Rs199/- (Pgs 163)
“On Top Of The World-My Everest Adventure” by Arjun Vajpai with Arun Kumar @ Rs.175/- (Pgs 112)
“The Lama, The Snow Leopard and the Thunder Dragon” by John G. Shulman @ Rs.195/- (pgs 202)
“Flute In The Forest” by Leela Gour Broome @ Rs.199/- (pgs 192)
All About Rockets” by S .K. Das @ Rs.175/- (pgs105)
“Puffin Lives- Subas Chandra Bose – The Great Freedom Fighter” by Anu Kumar @ Rs.150/- (pgs 132)
“Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Stars” By Gervase Phinn @ Rs.250/- (Pgs107)
“City of the Lion” by Carl Muller @ Rs. 199/- (pgs 177)
Others
“Iyengar Yoga for Motherhood- Safe Practice For Expectant & New Mothers” by Geeta S. Iyengar, Rita Keller
and Kerstin Khattab @ Rs.1000/- (pgs 443)
“The Buddha And Dr Fuhrer”: An Archaeological Scandal by Charles Allen .
@ Rs299 (Pages 292)
“Parlour Games for Modern Families” By Myfanwy Jones and Spiri Tsintziras @ Rs. 399/- (Pgs 275)
“The Goan Jungle Book” by Nirmal Kulkarni @ Rs. 300/- (pgs 107)
“NurtureShock – Why everything we think about raising our children is wrong” by Po Bronson @ Rs. 399/- (pgs 336)
“The Emperor of all Maladies – A biography of Cancer” by Siddhartha Mukherjee @ Rs. 499/- (pgs 569)
“The Times Of India Higher Education: A Guide to Opportunities in India and Abroad” @ Rs. 250/- (pgs250)
“Hafte Ke Aakhari Din: Ek Corporate Katha” by Manoj Tiwari @ Rs.135/- (pgs 159)
Happy Reading and enjoy your books!
From the team at
twistntales
A quick peek into what’s new at the Store! There are some absolute delights that come in every day! Check them out!
Wow/ New and Noteworthy
“Women Changing India” edited by Urvashi Butalia and Anita Roy @ Rs.1995/-
“Love, Sex, Death &Words- Surprising Tales from a Year in Literature” by John Sutherland and Stephen Fender @ Rs.899/- (pgs 512)
“A Treasury Of Indian Wisdom’ by Karan Singh @ Rs.450/- (pgs 210)
“Where The Sidewalk Ends: The Poems and Drawings of Shel Silverstein” @ Rs. 399/-
“India – A Portrait, an intimate biography of 1.2 billion people” by Patrick French @ Rs.699/- (pgs 433)
“Going Places – India’s Small Town Cricket Heroes” by K.R. Guruprasad @ Rs. 199/- (pgs 166)
“The Naïve and the Sentimental Novelist” by Orhan Pamuk @ Rs. 450/- (pgs 200)
“Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother” by Amy Chua @ Rs. 450/- (pgs 235)
“The Price of Everything – the Cost of Birth, the Price of Death and the Value of Everything in Between” by Eduardo Porter @ Rs. 499/- (pgs 296)
“India – A Traveller’s Literary Companion” Ed. by Chandrahas Choudhury @ Rs. 399/- (pgs 235)
“50 Facts that Should Change the World” by Jessica Williams @ Rs.399/- (pgs 300)
“Unmentionables: Words and Phrases from Family Jewels to Friendly Fire. What We Say Instead of What We Mean” By Ralph Keyes @ Rs. 299/- (pgs 342)
“The Big Book Shelf- in Conversation with 30 Famous Writers” by Sunil Sethi @ Rs.350/- (pgs 240)
“Penguin Evergreen Classic Series” @ Rs. 99/- each (Titles released so far are : The Mark of Vishnu- Khushwant Singh, Building a New India- A.P.J Abdul Kalam, My Experiments with Truth- M.K. Gandhi, Feluda- Satyajit Ray, Kabuliwallah- Rabindranath Tagore, Kamasutra-Vatsyayana, The Mahabharata-Vyasa, Malgudi- R.K. Narayan, Valmiki Ramayana, The Jungle Book- Rudyard Kipling, The Kitemaker-Ruskin Bond, The Quilt-Ismat Chughtai, The Shroud- Premchand, and Toba Tek Singh-Saadat Hasan Manto.
Fiction
“Tales of Terror from the Tunnel’s Mouth” by Chris Priestly @ Rs.299/- (pgs 258)
“Nightrunners Of Bengal” by John Masters @ Rs.350/- (pgs 381)
“The Family Arsenal” by Paul Theroux @ Rs.350/- (pgs 295)
“Evidence” by Jonathan Kellerman @ Rs.295/- (pgs 440)
“Death of A Radical” by Rebecca Jenkins @ Rs.299/- (pgs 391)
“Crescent Dawn” by Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler @ Rs.499/- (pgs 548)
“Over My Dead Body” by Michelle Bardsley @ Rs.299/- (pgs 286)
“Museum Of Thieves” by Lian Tanner @ Rs.295/- (pgs 270)
“Spartan Gold” by Clive Cussler with Grant Blackwood @ Rs.299/- (Pgs 502)
“Bone Series” by Jefferson Bass (2 in 1) @ Rs.299/-
“Operation Mincemeat” By Ben Macintyre @ Rs.399/- (Pgs 414)
“The Best American Mystery Stories 2010” Editor Lee Child @ Rs.650/- (Pgs 402)
“The Best of Young Spanish Language Novelists” By Granta @ Rs. 599/- (Pgs 324)
“Tender Hooks” by Moni Mohsin @ Rs. 199/- (pgs 250)
“You against me” by Jenny Downham @ Rs. 499/- (pgs 412)
“The Patience Stone” by Atiq Rahmi (Winner of Goncourt Prize) @ Rs. 299/- (pgs 135)
“Too Many Murders” by Colleen McCullough @ Rs. 299/- (pgs 407)
“Entangled” by Graham Hancock @ Rs. 325/- (pgs 434)
Indian Writing
“Sunset Club” by Khushwant Singh @ Rs.399/- (Pgs 218)
“The Onus Of Karma” by Rudra Krishna @ Rs.250/- (pgs 214)
“Crowded Rooms” by Prem Nath @ Rs.199/- (pgs 165)
“Journeys In The Night- Untold Stories From India’s Best- Known Writers” edited by Negar Akhavi @ Rs.299/- (pgs 334)
“Brief Candle- Three Plays” by Mahesh Dattani @ Rs.199/-(pgs 139)
“Laburnum For My Head Stories” by Temsula Ao @ Rs.150/- (Pgs 107)
“Sahibs’ India- Vignettes from the Raj” by Pran Neville @ Rs.299/- (pgs 243)
“The Premier Murder League” by Geeta Sundar @ Rs.150/- (pgs 231)
“Shadow Men” by Bijoya Sawian @ Rs.199/- (pgs 159)
“Vivek and I” by Mayur Patel @ Rs.299/- (pgs 378)
“Blue Blood” by Uttara Chauhan @ Rs. 250/- (pgs 239)
“The Jewel That Is Best” by Rabindranath Tagore @ Rs. 250/- (pgs 203)
“Three Plays” - Winner of The Hindu Metroplus Playwright Award Winners 2008-2010 @ Rs. 250/- (pgs182)
“Durgeshnandini” by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay @ Rs. 299/- (pgs 190)
“The Story of My Assassins” by Tarun J Tejpal @ Rs.350/- (pgs 522)
“Rebirth” by Jahnavi Barua @ Rs. 250/- (pgs 203)
Inspiration
“I Bought the Monk’s Ferrari” by Ravi Subramanian @ Rs195/- (Pgs 163)
“Beat The Blues before They Beat You- How To overcome Depression” by Robert L. Leahy, PhD @ Rs.299/- (Pgs 273)
“The Rise & Rise Of Jugaad- How Ordinary People Become Extraordinarily Successful” by Virender Kapoor @ Rs.240/- (pgs 202)
“A New Way Of Thinking, A New Way Of Being: Experiencing the Tao Te Ching” by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer @ Rs.650/- (Pgs 370)
“The Locust And The Bird: My Mother’s Story” By Hanan Al-Shaykh @ Rs.350/- (Pgs 302)
“The Puppy That Came For Christmas…” By Megan Rix @ Rs.299/- (Pgs 245)
“Love Yourself…: And It Doesn’t Matter Who You Marry!” @ Rs.299/- (Pgs 267)
“Just Go for It” By Dame Kelly Holmes @ Rs.250/- (Pgs 208)
“Writing on Water – Spontaneous utterances, Insights and Drawings” by Mooji Rs. 350/- (pgs 206)
“Are you ready to Succeed – Uncoventional Strategies for Achieving Personal Mastery in Business and in Life” by Srikumar Rao @ Rs. 325/- (pgs 255)
“The Value of Nothing” by Raj Patel @ Rs. 325/- (pgs 250)
“The Angel Therapy Handbook” by Doreen Virtue @ Rs. 299/- (pgs 237)
“Becoming Buddha – Wisdom Culture for a meaningful life” Ed. by Renuka Singh @ Rs. 399/- (pgs 184)
Management
“Grit, Guts And Gumption – Driving Change In A State Owned Giant – the story of SBI” by Rajesh Chakrabarti @ Rs.499/- (pgs 234)
“Nickel & Dimed- Undercover In Low- Wage USA” by Barbara Ehrenreich @ Rs.399/- (Pgs 221)
“The Talent Masters-Why Smart Leaders Put People Before Numbers” by Bill Conaty and Ram Charan @ Rs.699/- (Pgs 320)
“Open Source Leader- The Future Of Organizations And Leadership” by Sangeeth Varghese @ Rs499/- (pgs 225)
“What Works- The Secrets Of The World’s Best Organizations And Communities” by Hamish McRae @ Rs.499/- (pgs 328)
“Nanovation- How A Little Car Can Teach The World To Think Big” by Kevin and Jacky Freiberg and Dain Dunston @ Rs.450/- (pgs 351)
Leadership @ Infosys” edited by Matt Barney, PhD @ Rs.699/-(pgs 226)
“All the Devils Are Here: The Hidden History of the Financial Crisis” By Bethany Mclean And Joe Nocera @ Rs.599/- (Pgs 380)
Personalities
“Stieg Larsson, My Friend” by Kurdo Baksi @ Rs.450/- (pgs 143)
“Sadhguru- More Than A Life” by Arundhati Subramaniam @ Rs.499/-(pgs 242)
“S. Chandrasekhar – Man of Science” – special centenary edition @ Rs. 499/- (Ed. by Radhika Ramnath, Foreword by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam)
Science
“Wholly Irresponsible Science”: 120 Daring Experiments To Do In Your Home And Garden by Sean Connolly @ Rs 399/- (Pages 311)
“The New Science of Life” By Rupert Sheldrake @ Rs.399/- (Pgs 370)
“A Mind of its Own – How your brain distorts and deceives” by Cordelia Fine @ Rs. 399/- (Pgs 246)
“The Male Brain – An Essential Owner’s Manual For Every Man, and a Cheat Sheet for Every Woman!” by Louann Brizendine @ Rs. 399/- (pgs 300)
“Cycles of Time – An Extraordinary View of the Universe” by Roger Penrose @ Rs. 1099/- (pgs 288)
“The Number Mysteries” by Marcus Du Sautoy @ Rs. 350/- (pgs 299)
Socio Eco Pol
“Across The LoC – Inside Pakistan-Administered Jammu And Kashmir” by Luv Puri @ Rs.350/- (pgs 136)
“Unbound: Indian Women @ Work” by Gita Aravamudan @ Rs250/- (pgs 214)
“Arming without Aiming-India’s Military Modernization” by Stephen P. Cohen and Sunil Dasgupta @ Rs.499/- (pgs 223)
“Way Beyond The Three Rs. - India’s Educational Challenge In The 21st Century” by Y. S. Rajan @ Rs.250/- (pgs 157)
“Talking to the Enemy – Violent Extremism, Sacred Values, and what it means to be Human” by Scott Atran @ Rs. 699/- (Pgs 556)
“How the West was Lost – Fifty years of Economic Folly and the Stark Choices ahead” by Dambisa Moyo @ Rs. 550/- (pgs 226)
Young Adults
“The Man with Enormous Wings” by Esther David @ Rs.199/- (pgs 122)
“The Burmese Box- Two Novellas” by Lila Majumdar @ Rs.199/- (pgs 152)
“Bad Moon Rising – The Puffin Book Of Mystery Stories” @ Rs199/- (Pgs 163)
“On Top Of The World-My Everest Adventure” by Arjun Vajpai with Arun Kumar @ Rs.175/- (Pgs 112)
“The Lama, The Snow Leopard and the Thunder Dragon” by John G. Shulman @ Rs.195/- (pgs 202)
“Flute In The Forest” by Leela Gour Broome @ Rs.199/- (pgs 192)
All About Rockets” by S .K. Das @ Rs.175/- (pgs105)
“Puffin Lives- Subas Chandra Bose – The Great Freedom Fighter” by Anu Kumar @ Rs.150/- (pgs 132)
“Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Stars” By Gervase Phinn @ Rs.250/- (Pgs107)
“City of the Lion” by Carl Muller @ Rs. 199/- (pgs 177)
Others
“Iyengar Yoga for Motherhood- Safe Practice For Expectant & New Mothers” by Geeta S. Iyengar, Rita Keller
and Kerstin Khattab @ Rs.1000/- (pgs 443)
“The Buddha And Dr Fuhrer”: An Archaeological Scandal by Charles Allen .
@ Rs299 (Pages 292)
“Parlour Games for Modern Families” By Myfanwy Jones and Spiri Tsintziras @ Rs. 399/- (Pgs 275)
“The Goan Jungle Book” by Nirmal Kulkarni @ Rs. 300/- (pgs 107)
“NurtureShock – Why everything we think about raising our children is wrong” by Po Bronson @ Rs. 399/- (pgs 336)
“The Emperor of all Maladies – A biography of Cancer” by Siddhartha Mukherjee @ Rs. 499/- (pgs 569)
“The Times Of India Higher Education: A Guide to Opportunities in India and Abroad” @ Rs. 250/- (pgs250)
“Hafte Ke Aakhari Din: Ek Corporate Katha” by Manoj Tiwari @ Rs.135/- (pgs 159)
Happy Reading and enjoy your books!
From the team at
twistntales
Friday, January 14, 2011
"Dear Ragini" being presented on Sun, 16th Jan
Hi all,
Greetings of Makar Sankranti, Lohri, and the good tidings of the harvest festival! May the good Sun Lord bless us with cheaper vegetables and pulses!
Jan 12th is Swami Vivekanand’s birthday, and this day is celebrated as National Youth Day in our Country. As part of the National Youth Week celebrations, we bring you a youth group from Kolkata.
On January 3rd, 2010 “LOK” was formed by Soumyajit Majumdar, Mass Communication and Videography student of St.Xaviers, Kolkata with his artistically and creatively inclined friends mostly from St.Xaviers College, Jadavpur University, Presidency College, Loreto College and some other premiere schools and colleges of Kolkata. It involves young minds engaged in photography, filmmaking, music, theatre, dance, creative writing, fine arts etc.
What seemed like a youth creative arts movement in Kolkata is now taking shape of a national youth creative arts movement with LOK spreading its wings to Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad, Bangalore and other cities within a year of its inception.
PROJECT YUVA
LOK has conceptualized "PROJECT YUVA-dream young" - a one-of-its-kind national youth movement mainly in terms of creative arts. The aim is to connect the Indian youth on a common platform and facilitate interaction and exchange among them.
The curtain raiser for "PROJECT YUVA-dream young" was held at Gyan Manch, Kolkata on January 3rd, 2011, with a national youth carnival.
After the successful launch of “PROJECT YUVA-DREAM young”, LOK is set to begin the “PROJECT YUVA” journey to other cities and also celebrate the National Youth Week in India (Jan 12-Jan 19) with a reading session of the musical play “Dear Ragini” (involving dialogues, live songs-vocals, accoustic guitars, dhol/tabla, violin) and also an informal discussion session on “Youth For Change” - the need for a national youth movement and also on the prospect of creative arts in India among the youth
LOK and PROJECT YUVA will be inaugurated in
Ahmedabad (NID auditorium) 15th January 5.30 pm,
Pune (twistntales, Aundh)- 16th January 5pm,Bangalore (Oxford bookstore, 19th January) 7pm
About “Dear Ragini”
It is a heart-warming rendition of a love letter from social activist Shekhar to his lover Ragini on one side (about his hopes and ambitions, dreams and disappointments, victories and defeats in the villages where he is continually terrorized by the "system") and on the other side the tale of a poor artisan in a kingdom of misrule -these two parallel stories dealing with the condition of creative people/activists in India. The play is interspersed with live original songs (both western and Indian folk numbers - guitars, violin, dholak and other percussion have been used) which form the heart of the play and adds to the entertainment quotient of the play.
The long forgotten ancient Indian style of story-telling "Katha" has been effectively used in this musical. In an age when there are so many flashy story-telling methods available, “Dear Ragini” confirms that simple narration remains effective.
You are cordially invited to our event and we request you to spread the word to all young photographers, musicians, filmmakers, theatricals, artists, designers, activists, students of arts, media and those who support an organized national youth forum and movement in the country.
Venue: twistntales
Date: 16th Jan, Sunday, 5pm sharp
Duration: 1 hour
Looking forward to seeing you on Sun,
From the team at
twistntales
Monday, January 10, 2011
Book Launch, "Flute in the Forest"
Leela Gour Broome was excited, so were we with her first book ! Deepak Dalal, our chief guest almost didn't make it - had a flat tyre, driving in from khadakwasla ... but the numerous fans of Nature Trails (we are one too !) and the kids who are grown up, and the kids who are now 12 years - all of us had a real rocking time !
The book too is beautiful. If you love the forests and haven't read this one, pick it up ! We were so glad to be launching the book !
Check out www.fluteintheforest.blogspot.com
Monday, January 3, 2011
Book Launch "Flute in the Forest"
Be there to meet the Author. For more details check out on facebook page, or on www.fluteintheforest.blogspot.com
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Thank you, donors !
We have had a great X'mas party at Sassoon Hospital Paediatric ward on Sun, 19th Dec.
Some song and dance, some magic and loads of gifts ! This was made possible, thanks to the wonderful support and generous donations from many of you, our customers. That twistntales is a community bookstore was made amply evident by so many of your spontaneous gestures of handing over toys, woollens, crayons, games, story books! And of course, all those cheques that came in for the medical equipment. The hospital authorities were overwhelmed by the funds that were raised. A big thank you !
List of Donors :
1.Mrs. Uma Sarathchandran (currently in California)
2.Mrs. Karabi Dutta, Aundh
3.Mrs. Pinal Pandya, Aundh
4.Mrs. Suchita Basu, Baner
5.Mr. Raghu Kulkarni, US
6.Mrs. Gomathi Vishwanath, Mumbai
7.Ms. Avleen Garcha, Aundh
8.Mrs. Sonia Garcha, Aundh
9.Mrs. Prabha Chary, Aundh
10.Mrs. Renu Mahtani, Aundh
11.Mrs. Romy Bedi, Aundh
12. Ms. Shama Lahiri, Mumbai
13.Mrs. Kshitija Bhuwad, Sinhagad Road
14.Mrs. Bani Chaudhuri, Baner
15. Ms. Tripuri Godbole
16. Ms. Gauri Sarjine
And for all those who couldn't make it, thankyou for your encouraging words and letters from Dr. Meera Oke in Ireland to Sarathchandran Aunty in the US. Lots of photographs have been put up in our facebook page, twistntales, Aundh.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=255124&id=710923194&l=f3ae842e8f
Check it out !
A BIG THANK YOU AGAIN ! AND WISH YOU ALL A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR !
Thursday, December 16, 2010
X'Mas at Sassoon !
X”MAS at Sassoon!
Give to your heart’s content!
Twistntales celebrates X’mas with Santa every year in the Paediatric Ward of Sassoon Hospital. Children (from birth) to the age of 14 years, needing hospitalization are admitted here. This year, our celebration of the “Spirit of Giving” is on Sun, 19th Dec, at 4pm, in the Children’s Ward.
Donations and gifts of various kinds are accepted. Most specifically, the hospital requires:
1. Intra Cath # 25 – 50 pieces
2. Feeding Tube # 6 – 50 pieces
3. Feeding Tube # 7 – 50 pieces
4. Paediatric Nasal Cannulas – 50 pieces
5. 3 Way Valves – 50 pieces
A few volunteers have created a “Sunshine” room within the kid’s ward to encourage play and fun for these children. Over time, twistntales has helped in providing toys, TVs, music systems, coloring, activity books etc.
In keeping with this, donations are welcome of the following kind:
• Toys, dumper trucks, other vehicles, building blocks etc. (used is Ok, broken Not ok. No soft toys please)
• Music/ Movies – VCDs, DVDs – Hindi/ Marathi please
• Story books – Hindi/ Marathi please
• Coloring/ activity books, crayons, colour pencils, other art material, drawing books etc
These gifts can be handed over to twistntales or you can bring it yourself and come to the entertainment programme that twistntales puts up at the Children’s Ward.
Donations in cheque may be made in the name of “SOFOSH” and a proper receipt will be issued to you for 80 – G IT exemption. Kindly mention your full postal address at the back of the cheque.
“Your true worth is determined by how much more you give in value than you take in payment”
Merry Christmas And A Happy New Year!
From the team at
twistntales
Give to your heart’s content!
Twistntales celebrates X’mas with Santa every year in the Paediatric Ward of Sassoon Hospital. Children (from birth) to the age of 14 years, needing hospitalization are admitted here. This year, our celebration of the “Spirit of Giving” is on Sun, 19th Dec, at 4pm, in the Children’s Ward.
Donations and gifts of various kinds are accepted. Most specifically, the hospital requires:
1. Intra Cath # 25 – 50 pieces
2. Feeding Tube # 6 – 50 pieces
3. Feeding Tube # 7 – 50 pieces
4. Paediatric Nasal Cannulas – 50 pieces
5. 3 Way Valves – 50 pieces
A few volunteers have created a “Sunshine” room within the kid’s ward to encourage play and fun for these children. Over time, twistntales has helped in providing toys, TVs, music systems, coloring, activity books etc.
In keeping with this, donations are welcome of the following kind:
• Toys, dumper trucks, other vehicles, building blocks etc. (used is Ok, broken Not ok. No soft toys please)
• Music/ Movies – VCDs, DVDs – Hindi/ Marathi please
• Story books – Hindi/ Marathi please
• Coloring/ activity books, crayons, colour pencils, other art material, drawing books etc
These gifts can be handed over to twistntales or you can bring it yourself and come to the entertainment programme that twistntales puts up at the Children’s Ward.
Donations in cheque may be made in the name of “SOFOSH” and a proper receipt will be issued to you for 80 – G IT exemption. Kindly mention your full postal address at the back of the cheque.
“Your true worth is determined by how much more you give in value than you take in payment”
Merry Christmas And A Happy New Year!
From the team at
twistntales
Sunday, December 12, 2010
What a wonderful Play !
Alka Joshi, Director of the play, "Mulghi Zali Ho" is social activist with Stree Mukti Sanghatana, since 1983. This play was first staged in 1982, and Alka herself on seeing the play, was inspired to join the organisation the following year.
Alka now heads Abhiyukti, the women's wing of Lokayat, an NGO comprising of working professionals and students. Lokayat works on many civic and social issues.
Yesterday, they were in twistntales, to present "Mulghi Zali Ho", a street play on women's issues and domestic violence. A powerful play, they held the audience spellbound by their music, songs, humour and sarcasm.
Monday, December 6, 2010
Mail sent to twistntales@yahoogroups on 6th Dec'10
Dear all,
Street Play @ twistntales! Don't Miss!
Press the Bell / Bhajao Ghanti
The Violence Against Women (VAW) fortnight is observed all over the world from 25th November to 10th December.
twistntales is happy to present a street play, "Mulgi Zali Ho" by members of Lokayat, Pune. This play was originally presented by Stree Mukti Sanghatana in 1982, and has been successfully running for 28 years.
On Saturday, 11th Dec, 8 pm, at twistntales
25th November is the day observed as VAW day and 10th December is the Human Rights Day.
Between these two days the fortnight is observed as VAW fortnight. Previously, 25 November was observed in Latin America and a growing number of other countries around the world as "International Day Against Violence Against Women". With no standard title, it was also referred to as "No Violence Against Women Day" and the "Day to End Violence Against Women". It was first declared by the first Feminist Encuentro for Latin America and the Caribbean held in Bogota, Colombia (18 to 21 July 1981). At that Encuentro, women systematically denounced gender violence from domestic battery, to rape and sexual harassment to state violence including torture and abuses of women political prisoners.
The date was chosen to commemorate the lives of the Mirabal sisters. It originally marked the day that the three Mirabal sisters from the Dominican Republic were violently assassinated in 1960 during the Trujillo dictatorship (Rafael Trujillo 1930-1961). The day was used to pay tribute to the Mirabal sisters, as well as a global recognition of gender violence.
UNO was compelled to declare this day as VAW day in 1999.
We are happy to present “Mulgi Zali Ho” on Saturday, 11th Dec, at 8pm. Please be there on time. Chairs for senior citizens only. Standing room only, please make it to twistntales early.
Lokayat is an NGO based in Pune, and takes up social and civic issues. It comprises working professionals who give their evenings and weekends to a good cause. They use novel techniques of protest, one of them being street plays.
twistntales has supported the street play form of protest from its early days.
“Mulgi Zali Ho” is a musical play about the plight of the girl child, with powerful and biting humour and a simple form. It has touched the chords of the masses. This group has been performing this for years. The play raises questions and problems but also ends with solutions to the problems. The play also defines the direction as to what women with problems should do in our lives. It starts with making obeisance to the work of those who fought for injustice to women like Mahatma Jyotiba Phule, Maharshi Karve, Raja Rammohan Roy, Dr.Ambedkar etc. It speaks of the condition of women even today. It talks of the reactions within the family if a girl is born. It talks of marital relations, emotions between husband and wife. And ends, with a positive empowered way out. And that is why it is very important. Everyone speaks about the inferiority complex of women or re-building self esteem, or empowering women, but few talk of how these things can happen in everyday life. “Mulgi Zali Ho” gives courage to women to stand up and fight back.
Be there, don’t miss this!
Regards,
From the team at,
twistntales
Friday, December 3, 2010
Street Play @ twistntales ! Don't Miss !
Press the Bell/ Bhajao Ghanti
The Violence Against Women (VAW) fortnight is observed all over the world from 25th Nov. to 10th December.
twistntales is happy to present a street play, "Mulgi Zali Ho" by members of Lokayat.
This play was originally presented by Stree Mukti Sanghatana in 1982, and has been successfully running for 28 years.
On Saturday, 11th Dec, 8 pm, at twistntales.
25th Nov. is the day observed as VAW day and 10th Dec. is the Human Rights Day.
Joining these two days the fortnight is observed as VAW week. Previously, 25 November was observed in Latin America and a growing number of other countries around the world as "International Day Against Violence Against Women". With no standard title, it was also referred to as "No Violence Against Women Day" and the "Day to End Violence Against Women". It was first declared by the first Feminist Encuentro for Latin America and the Caribbean held in Bogota, Colombia (18 to 21 July 1981). At that Encuentro women systematically denounced gender violence from domestic battery, to rape and sexual harassment, to state violence including torture and abuses of women political prisoners.
The date was chosen to commemorate the lives of the Mirabal sisters. It originally marked the day that the three Mirabal sisters from the Dominican Republic were violently assassinated in 1960 during the Trujillo dictatorship (Rafael Trujillo 1930-1961). The day was used to pay tribute to the Mirabal sisters, as well as global recognition of gender violence.
UNO was made compelled to declare this day as VAW day in 1999.
Mulgi Zali Ho is a musical Play about the plight of the girl child with powerful and biting humour and a simple form. It has touched the chords of the masses. This group has been doing it for years . The Play not only raises the questions or problems but ends with the solution to the problem. Play gives the direction as to what we should do in our life. It starts with making obeisance to the work of those who fought for injustice to women like Mahatma Jyotiba Phule, Maharshi Karve, Raja Rammohan Roy, Dr.Ambedkar etc. It speaks of even today’s condition of women. It talks of the reactions if the girl is born in the family. It talks of the relations of husband and wife. And ends with the way out. And that is why it is very important. Everyone speaks about the inferiority complex of women or everyone feels that it should be reduced but no one talks of how it can be reduced. But “Mulgi Zali Ho” gives courage to women to fight back this inferiority complex.
Be there on Sat, 11th Dec @ twistntales by 8pm.
The Violence Against Women (VAW) fortnight is observed all over the world from 25th Nov. to 10th December.
twistntales is happy to present a street play, "Mulgi Zali Ho" by members of Lokayat.
This play was originally presented by Stree Mukti Sanghatana in 1982, and has been successfully running for 28 years.
On Saturday, 11th Dec, 8 pm, at twistntales.
25th Nov. is the day observed as VAW day and 10th Dec. is the Human Rights Day.
Joining these two days the fortnight is observed as VAW week. Previously, 25 November was observed in Latin America and a growing number of other countries around the world as "International Day Against Violence Against Women". With no standard title, it was also referred to as "No Violence Against Women Day" and the "Day to End Violence Against Women". It was first declared by the first Feminist Encuentro for Latin America and the Caribbean held in Bogota, Colombia (18 to 21 July 1981). At that Encuentro women systematically denounced gender violence from domestic battery, to rape and sexual harassment, to state violence including torture and abuses of women political prisoners.
The date was chosen to commemorate the lives of the Mirabal sisters. It originally marked the day that the three Mirabal sisters from the Dominican Republic were violently assassinated in 1960 during the Trujillo dictatorship (Rafael Trujillo 1930-1961). The day was used to pay tribute to the Mirabal sisters, as well as global recognition of gender violence.
UNO was made compelled to declare this day as VAW day in 1999.
Mulgi Zali Ho is a musical Play about the plight of the girl child with powerful and biting humour and a simple form. It has touched the chords of the masses. This group has been doing it for years . The Play not only raises the questions or problems but ends with the solution to the problem. Play gives the direction as to what we should do in our life. It starts with making obeisance to the work of those who fought for injustice to women like Mahatma Jyotiba Phule, Maharshi Karve, Raja Rammohan Roy, Dr.Ambedkar etc. It speaks of even today’s condition of women. It talks of the reactions if the girl is born in the family. It talks of the relations of husband and wife. And ends with the way out. And that is why it is very important. Everyone speaks about the inferiority complex of women or everyone feels that it should be reduced but no one talks of how it can be reduced. But “Mulgi Zali Ho” gives courage to women to fight back this inferiority complex.
Be there on Sat, 11th Dec @ twistntales by 8pm.
Thursday, November 25, 2010
twistntales students become achievers !
Tia joined twistntales in her XIIth class and worked her afternoons /evenings spoiling our customers with her book choices.
Now, a journalist, she holds her first published work in "Chicken Soup for Indian Father's Soul"
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